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Posts tagged 'consumer lease'

20 April 2016

Review calls for payday loans and consumer leases to facilitate financial inclusion

17 September 2015

Report finds Centrelink recipients charged more for consumer leases

16 September 2015

Time to regulate ‘credit-in-disguise’

Good Shepherd Microfinance is calling for a limit on the cost and length of consumer leases, also called ‘rent to buy’ deals, the introduction of mandatory positive credit reporting for payday lenders and consumer lease companies and the expansion of ‘protected earnings provisions’ to all people on low incomes.

11 September 2015

Report finds Centrelink recipients charged more for consumer leases

New report, which shows the cost of “rent to buy” deals can be as high as 884 per cent, highlights the industry’s exorbitant pricing and willingness to target people on low incomes.

7 August 2015

Payday loans and ‘rent to own’ under review

Good Shepherd Microfinance has welcomed the Australian Government’s review into high cost payday loans and consumer leases.

25 March 2015

Call for goods rental companies to put client interest first

Figures showing almost half of Radio Rentals’ $197 million revenue comes directly from Centrelink payments have led Good Shepherd Microfinance to call for a new “responsible referral framework” to be introduced into the consumer lease industry.

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