
Pay-later lenders are moving beyond retail purchases into rent and utility bills, raising fresh questions about affordability, fees and household debt.
Search
83 results for Credit and Debt

Pay-later lenders are moving beyond retail purchases into rent and utility bills, raising fresh questions about affordability, fees and household debt.

AI slowdown calls justified but collapse of bubble may pose significant threats to tech giants amidst rising operational costs and dubious economic models

A United States review has called for stronger parliamentary scrutiny and more timely publication of information about Pakistan's budgets and debt.
The IMF commends Pakistan for effectively managing the oil crisis while calling for urgent reforms in the gas sector to address rising circular debt

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has endorsed a Rs3 billion risk pool intended to widen export-credit insurance for Pakistani small and medium-sized businesses.
The State Bank of Pakistan has named 10 primary dealers for FY27, with UBL, NBP and Bank Alfalah among the top performers as the government leans on domestic borrowing.
The BBC understands creditors would would pursue payment in full of the outstanding debts, in the multi-billions of
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and welcomed Pakistan's progress on economic reforms and its path back to international capital markets.

A new UK student-finance system will support shorter university and college modules, giving adults more options to study around employment and family life.
Planet Money Summer School returns with a global tour of water markets, inflation targeting, resource wealth and community finance.
Grace Farris’s "See One, Do One, Teach One" looks at medical training through anxiety, debt, impostor syndrome, and the strain of balancing life and school.
Families who lose Universal Credit payments when a child starts an apprenticeship will be offered a bursary of up to £4,500, funded from a £30m pot raised through the growth and skills levy.
Explore the historic Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition timeline, detailing the high-stakes bidding war between Netflix and Paramount, regulatory hurdles, and current legal challenges.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged early groundbreaking of the ML-1 railway upgrade during talks with ADB Vice President Yingming Yang.
U.S. markets hovered near record territory as oil volatility, high Treasury yields and July inflation data kept investors cautious.

Apple has launched a new device leasing program in partnership with Klarna, replacing previous in-house financing models as the company manages shifting market dynamics and rising hardware costs

Pakistan quotes two prices for the same dollar, and the distance between them has done more damage to the country’s external position over the past four years than almost any other single number.
Public finances for last month were better than expected but the UK is carrying major
Australian founders have just 48 hours left to apply for a new startup competition that combines Stripe and TechCrunch’s Startup Battlefield in Sydney. The event, called Stripe x Startup Battlefield, will take place on…

A bigger Treasury buyback program pulled long-term yields off multi-decade highs, lifting stocks, gold, oil and bitcoin in a single trading session.

NASA has released a new composite view of Messier 94, giving astronomers and space fans a refreshed look at a nearby spiral galaxy that is also known as NGC 4736. The image comes from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory…

Nonprofit financial counselors say there has been a significant increase this year in the number of borrowers seeking their advice

Ever wonder how the Fed's interest rate works? Discover its significance and impact on the economy in our comprehensive breakdown

Pakistan's trade deficit has widened sharply at the start of the new fiscal year, climbing 18 percent to $7.1 billion in just the first two months, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on…