Loan defaults numbers decrease because of lack of access to credit by consumers.

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GUEST – Jaco van Jaarsveldt - Head of Commercial Strategy and Innovation at Experian.

South African consumers are slowly getting to grips with managing their debts, but the wealthier groups—who tend to have more big-ticket loans—are still under pressure.

This is according to the latest Experian Consumer Default Index (CDI) for the second quarter of the year, which showed a positive turn for the first time in two years via an improvement in the credit defaulting behaviour of South African consumers across various loan types – including home loans, vehicle loans, personal loans and credit cards.
30 Sep 2024 12PM English South Africa Business News · Investing

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