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National Financial Awareness Day: Why Financial Literacy is Beneficial For Everyone

True Accord

As reported by the Milken Institute , only about 57% of the American population is considered financially literate. And individuals become more susceptible to going further into debt if they don’t have a solid foundational understanding of what happens when they first fall behind.

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TransUnion cyber attack – hackers demand R225 million ransom

Collection Industry News

In a separate incident, Debt-IN Consultants, a professional debt recovery solutions partner to many South African financial services institutions, announced on 22 September that a ransomware attack by cybercriminals resulted in a significant data breach of consumer and employee personal information.

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8 ARM Industry Expert Predictions: Regulations, Consumer Preferences, and Electronic Communications

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Parents are in a terrible position: Balancing their child's education and their family's income. I also fear that many households have had to make sacrifices and stay home to watch and educate their children, meaning they earned less in 2020. Sometimes the in-person students have to revert to virtual if a teacher or child is exposed.