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Express Credit & Advance Loans

Friday's papers: Birds in trouble, masks in shops, and payday loan interest spike

Thursday's papers: Centre controversy, bridge building decision, and a debt ceiling

Bank of Finland: New mortgages amount to €2.2bn in June

Annika Saarikko

Finance Minister: No consumer debt ceiling plans in the works

Mortgage Lending Industry

Mortgages in Finland grow again in April, central bank says

Mortgage Lending Industry

More one-person households buying homes

Björn Wahlroos

Finnish financier Wahlroos bets on payday loans via tax haven investments

Mortgage Lending Industry

Mortgage applications hit record high in December

Customer Complaints

Coronavirus crisis leads to spike in disputes over holidays, credit

Mortgage Lending Industry

Debt worries close in on borrowers as virus crisis drags on

Class Action Lawsuit

Payday loan, collections firms agree to payout over steep credit costs

NGOs worry about impact of prolonged crisis

Student debt doubles in a decade

Express Credit & Advance Loans

Finland’s consumer watchdog mulls class action suit against payday loan firms

Finland braced for short-term rise in defaults after limiting interest rates on loans

Yle poll: Nearly half in Finland want a household 'debt ceiling' established

Express Credit & Advance Loans

Finance committee proposes 20% interest rate cap on payday loans

Activities of Collection Agencies and Credit Bureaus

Consumer watchdog warns of collections firms' shady practices

NGO: Rising numbers saddled with €100+k in unsecured debt

Young consumers increasingly take new loans to pay off old ones

Company Information

Growing number of over-65s in Finland burdened with past-due bills

Express Credit & Advance Loans

Wednesday's papers: Farmer payday loans, taxi rides for children's rights and church membership

Aktia forecasts mortgage interest rate rise

Student loans in Finland balloon to more than 3bn euros

Housing Loan Interest

Housing loan interest rate hike likely in spring, Nordea says

Tuesday’s papers: HPV vaccine safety, quick loan hunger and toilet passports

Over-55s in Finland increasingly struggle with debt

Payment defaulters reach record high of nearly 400,000

Financial Services Authority (FSA)

FSA: Homebuyers must put down bigger deposits

Consumers in Finland increasingly having trouble paying bills

Bank of Finland: Household debt accumulation poses mounting risk

No more loans for new high school students

Aid reform may force students into debt

Personal Finance

Competition watchdog cracks down on consumer loan fee hikes

Students increasingly taking out student loans

Danske Bank A/s

Danske Bank employee suspected of skimming funds from customer’s account

Bank of Finland: More new mortgages in April than any month during past three years

Credit and mail to go: Posti now diversifying into lending services

Study: Mortgage-holding under 30s are responsible borrowers

Tuesday's papers: Baby swaps, metro wrangle, payday loans and Åland's crisp battle