The trading watchdog has warned a firm which helps people with poor credit histories find loans to ensure its adverts complied with regulations. Read the original: Loans company warned over adverts (Channel 4)

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Friday doled out sops to farmers, providing them six more months to repay existing loans and bringing down the effective interest rate of loans to five percent. See the original post here: Drought-hit farmers get additional time to repay loans (Calcutta News)

Some small businesses in San Juan County are now eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans from the U. S. Small Business Administration. Here is the original post: San Juan County businesses eligible for loans (KOB 4 Albuquerque)

MAJLIS Amanah Rakyat (Mara) and Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to guarantee business loans taken by Bumiputera small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Its chairman, Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, said the Finance Ministry has approved RM30 million to implement the guarantee scheme. Under the scheme, an eligible Bumiputera SME will be entitled for a … See...

LONDON: Lloyds, Britain’s largest retail bank, shrank its losses in 2009, despite a STG24 billion (STG1 = RM5.23) hit from loans that soured, mostly assets inherited from last year’s takeover of rival HBOS. The bailed-out bank was one of the first to call a peak in bad debts during 2009 and it says it sees further improvements this year, with impairments reducing at the rate it saw between...

Tertiary students who fail more than half their courses may lose their student loans as the Government moves to crack down on abuse. Read more: Students who fail could lose their loans (The New Zealand Herald)