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World Service,06 Aug 2013,17 mins

Payday Loans: Friend or Foe?

Business Daily

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Payday loans are becoming more popular across the world but are they saviour or sinner? Manuela Saragosa speaks to Nathan January from South African payday loans firm wanna loan?, and Edward Ware from the UK debt charity Stepchange. Plus, Andrew Lilico from Europe Economics explains how attitudes to lending or usury have changed down the centuries.

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