23,000 student-loan borrowers to receive check in the mail after fraud: CFPB – Business Insider

The CFPB accused five student-debt relief companies of charging consumers unnecessary fees. As a result, 23,000 impacted borrowers may soon receive checks compensating them in the mail. The total distribution amount is approximately $19 million. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the…

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Restructuring firms brace for struggling companies | Business – The Times

The Citys top restructuring firms are preparing for an uptick in activity next year as higher interest rates push moribund businesses into insolvency. FRP Advisory and Begbies Traynor have both forecast an uplift in revenue after Christmas as the recession picks up pace and executives are forced to address weaknesses in their company balance sheets.…

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“A need for regulation”: As Indians take up online games, gambling fears grow – Sight Magazine

13 December 2022 ANURADHA NAGARAJ and RINA CHANDRAN Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation B Bhavani assured her father she would quit online card games – a promise she had made several times before as her family in southern India fretted about her mounting debts. A few hours later, the 29-year-old took her own life. Bhavani, who…

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