R150bn has been allocated towards job creation, indicating the government’s commitment to dealing with unemployment, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. View full post on All Stories

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A common UK proverb says, “A sick man can sleep nicely, but debtor can not”. Debts are cause of tension if you are not able to repay them. Creditors keep calling or threatening you time to time for the due payments. It is not an ideal situation for any normal citizen. Money is important part [...]

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–American International Group, Inc. (NYSE: AIG) and Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE: FIG) announced today that certain Fortress managed funds acquired 80% of American General Finance Inc. (AGF), a leading provider of consumer credit, from AIG. AIG retained a 20% interest in the AGF business. Founded in 1920, AGF provides loans, retail financing [...]

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday arrested eight people, including the chief executive officer of LIC Housing Finance, for allegedly giving corporate loans for monetary considerations. View full post on All Stories

Owning a home is a dream of every individual in world. It is not an easy task to purchase home in United Kingdom. It needs lots of money, hard work, and legal formalities to avail a home. Generally, people are ready to do hard work and can bear the stress of legal formalities as well, [...]

Ireland’s finance minister says he will support a move to ask the international community for tens of billions of euros in loans and guarantees to keep his country’s crisis-hit finances afloat. View full post on All Stories

What is the main purpose behind availing a loan? In most cases, the funds derived through a loan are meant to overcome the shortage of funds, so that you can tackle all your needs and demands. However, availing numerous loans at the same time and failing to make timely repayments will only hurt your credit [...]

Unexpected expenses can come anytime without any warning. Cash loans help a lot under such circumstances. These are short-term unsecured loans which can be availed by both bad and good credit holders. Banks have introduced cash funds to provide monetary assistance at times of financial emergency. Lenders approve the loan application very fast and borrowers [...]

AHN News Staff Dublin, Ireland (AHN) – Representatives from the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank are due to arrive in Dublin on Wednesday to discuss the Irish financial crisis with its government, which has not yet requested any aid. The EU already believes that Ireland needs some kind of [...]

Chancellor vows to help restore stability to Ireland’s banking system as European finance ministers gather for crunch meeting – Ireland bailout live blog: follow the latest here George Osborne pledged that Britain would support Ireland’s attempts to stabilise its banking system today, as experts from the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank and EU prepared [...]