AKBAYAN Party-list Thursday filed House Bill 10366 that mandates protections for borrowers against abusive online lending practices. Filed by Representatives Chel Diokno, Perci Cendaña, Dadah Ismula, ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Online lending companies have turned into loan sharks. Their victims are poor people. These online lending companies set interest rates of 0.8 percent per day. This means that ...

KUALA LUMPUR: A 17-year-old girl who was allegedly scammed while trying to sell her online gaming account later turned to loan sharks for money, only to find herself facing further demands and ...

More than two million Britons may be in debt to illegal lenders as families battle the cost of living crisis. The number of people indebted to “unscrupulous” lenders has soared by 500,000 since 2022, ...