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Good Shepherd Microfinance launches Speckle, online cash-loan service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018  |  NEWS
... Microfinance) Speckle features lower fees than are charged by for-profit online cash loan banking services and payday lenders, said Adam Mooney, CEO of Good Shepherd Microfinance. "Speckle provides small loans of up to $2,000," Mooney said. "We know ...

Thorn agrees to ASIC undertaking for refunds, write-offs for goods leases

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2018  |  NEWS
... paid by Thorn is $2 million. A coalition of investors and other stakeholders have raised concerns with ASX-listed payday lenders and goods rental companies over lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. The group, led by UCA Funds Management ...

Fie, fi, foe, or friend? Consider the relationship between investors, boards: RIAA

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  SUNDAY, 19 NOV 2017  |  NEWS
... issues. UCA Funds Management has worked in coalition with investors and stakeholders to engage with ASX-listed payday lenders and goods rental companies over lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. More recently, UCA Funds Management ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance opens Good Money stores in Gold Coast, Cairns

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017  |  NEWS
... welcome initiative to know that if I need a fridge, a washing machine, that I no longer need to go to expensive payday lenders, and I no longer need to go very expensive rental companies." Since 2005, NAB has committed $130 million in microfinance loan ...

Cash Converters to pay more than $12 million after ASIC investigation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2016  |  NEWS
... organisations, have, over the course of this year, raised concerns with proposals to goods rental company Thorn Group and payday lenders Cash Converters and Money3. The group has separate proposals relating to each sector. The coalition brought questions ...

Good Shepherd Microfinance to open Queensland Good Money sites

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016  |  NEWS
... said Adam Mooney, CEO of Good Shepherd Microfinance. "The Gold Coast is absolutely saturated with very expensive payday lenders. This is part of a great new initiative of the Palaszczuk government. They're committing $25m to financial inclusion over ...

Citi, Credit Suisse top ESG RA Awards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2016  |  NEWS
... pick up and pursue gaps in information for enhanced engagement with their invested companies. See Also: Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices Social, regulatory risks to growing payday lending market ESG RA to become RIAA working grou ...

Investors question payday lenders at AGMs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors have brought questions directly to the annual general meetings of ASX-listed payday lenders Money3 and Cash Converters, raising concerns over companies' standards in lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael ...

Good Money opens Adelaide retail store

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015  |  NEWS
... Shepherd Microfinance and the National Australia Bank (NAB), and offers alternative lending products to high cost payday lenders and rent-to-buy schemes for people living on low incomes. The No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS) is administered by Good Shepherd ...

Investors, payday lenders engage on lending practices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
A coalition of investors and other stakeholders that are engaging with ASX-listed payday lenders and goods rental companies are finding that the companies are receptive to their concerns over lending policies to financially vulnerable Australians. Michael ...
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