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Businessman applied for two Bounce Back Loans and failed to disclose existence of first loan to liquidators
This paper explores the impact of large, individual-liability loans on the growth of women-owned microenterprises in Ethiopia
We provide analysis and advice on setting commercially equivalent interest rates, used by Innovate UK for loans to small and medium sized businesses.
This paper studies the role of morality in debt repayment, using an experiment with the credit card customers of a large Islamic bank in Indonesia.
A consultation on proposals to help alternative finance providers find small businesses that are looking to borrow but have been initially rejected.
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