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Real Stories: Sudden health issues meant she couldn’t repay her personal loan

Sue was a career nurse and had recently taken out a significant personal loan to pay off a handful of debts, and then she suffered a serious medical event. She was unable to work and therefore unable to pay this loan arrangement. Our financial counsellor, Christine, went into mediation with the creditor on Sue’s behalf. […]

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Real Stories: Why George fell behind with his debts and how financial counselling helped

George’s story: Like the proverbial frog sitting in a pot of water slowly heating up, completely unaware of his doom, George (58), gradually fell further and further behind with his finances. He had spent years struggling just to keep up paying for the basics of life and slowly fell behind to a point where everything he […]

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