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Professor of Social Policy / Research Director, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW
Analysis Fellow – Centre for Personal Influence, UNSW
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Personal Influence, UNSW
Disclosure statement
Kristy Muir receives funding through the Australian Research Council, Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, Australian Government Department of Employment, the NSW Department of Family and Community Services, nationwide Australia Bank, ten20 Foundation and First Nations Foundation. Kristy is leading the study on conceptualising and calculating resilience that is financial Australia (funded because of the nationwide Australia Bank) and it is associated with Good Shepherd Microfinance through the Financial Inclusion Action Arrange.
Fanny Salignac gets funding from nationwide Australia Bank and First Nations Foundation.
Rebecca Reeve receives funding through the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, nationwide Australia Bank and First Nations Foundation. Rebecca is associated with Good Shepherd Microfinance through the Financial Inclusion Action Arrange.
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The payday financing sector is under scrutiny once again following the Australian Securities and Investment Commission’s investigation into Nimble.
After neglecting to satisfy accountable financing responsibilities, Nimble must refund significantly more than 7,000 clients, at a high price of greater than A$1.5 million. Besides the refunds, Nimble must additionally spend A$50,000 to Financial Counselling Australia. Are these charges sufficient to replace the methods of Nimble and lenders that are similar?
It’s extremely unlikely, offered these refunds represent an extremely tiny percentage of Nimble’s tiny loan business – 1.2percent of its approximately 600,000 loans over 2 yrs (1 July 2013 – 22 July 2015). Continue reading “Four reasons lending that is payday nevertheless thrive despite Nimble’s $1.5m penalty”