High-cost lending provisions introduced in 2020 may have been too effective in killing off loan sharks, according to a discussion paper released by the Government this week.
Sold as “taking a bite out of loan sharks”, the Credit Contracts Legislation Amendment Act introduced provisions to reduce problem debt and high-cost loans, which it defined as an annual interest rate of 50 percent or higher.
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