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

Bankruptcies down in first half of the year

Mortgages in Finland grow again in April, central bank says

Finland's central bank urges household debt-to-income caps

Elderly increasingly face debt problems, partly due to corona crisis

Financial Difficulties

Mortgage applications hit record high in December

Mortgage Lending Industry

Traficom imposes public service obligation on five regional airports

Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi)

Government housing agency calls in Youth Foundation loans

Housing Finance and Development Centre of Finland

Viking Line says Covid caused "serious deterioration"

Debt worries close in on borrowers as virus crisis drags on

Mortgage Lending Industry

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

Class Action Lawsuit

Payment defaults on the rise during coronavirus crisis

Consumer Issues

Citizens’ initiative demanding referendum on EU stimulus gains enough signatures to proceed to Parliament

Citizens' initiative

Mortgage lenders welcome easing of deposit rules for homebuyers

Housing Sales and Markets

Tuesday's papers: Espoo explosion, payday loan lawsuit and EU bailouts

Economic Rescue Package

President criticises EU bailouts at Kultaranta kick-off

Economic Rescue Package

Government plans Finnair bailout with €600m subsidy

Debt collection firm ordered to shut down

Activities of Collection Agencies and Credit Bureaus

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

Express Credit & Advance Loans

Finance Ministry proposes 170k debt limit on average earners

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

More debt problems among over-30s

Financial Difficulties

27 ways the new govt programme could affect young people

Number of women in payment default continues to grow

Statistics Finland

Finance committee proposes 20% interest rate cap on payday loans

Express Credit & Advance Loans

Consumer watchdog warns of collections firms' shady practices

Activities of Collection Agencies and Credit Bureaus

Fitch maintains Finland's credit rating, lowers growth forecast

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

Young consumers increasingly take new loans to pay off old ones

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

Company Information

Student loans in Finland balloon to more than 3bn euros

Finnish households unprepared for interest rate hike, says bank

Finland mulls "positive credit register" to help curb household debt

Over-55s in Finland increasingly struggle with debt

Consumer and Personal Loans

Fitch revises Finland's outlook to positive, affirms AA+ credit rating

Friday's papers: THL probe, gov't unpopularity and Rehn fighting debt

Commissioner For Economic and Monetary Affairs And The Euro

Survey: 14 percent of Finns fund holidays with debt

Nordic countries

Payment defaulters reach record high of nearly 400,000

Lender: Housing market more unstable thanks to foreign investors

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