Bankruptcy and Malaysia's Debt Trap

08-Aug-19 07:15

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The Malaysian Department of Insolvency has revealed, some 95,000 Malaysians declared Bankruptcy between 2014 and 2018, after failing to honour borrowings with lenders. What are the main causes of this insolvency, and how do we mitigate this problem?

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Wong Shou Ning, Sharidz Abdullah

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Categories: Personal Finance, Investments, Financial Literacy, Young Finance

Tags: loans, credit card, financial literacy, bankruptcy, akpk, debt,

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