Home credit market investigation

The Stationery Office. 2007

This report examines the supply of home credit in the UK. The Commission found, that most home credit loans are for relatively small sums paid in cash, usually less than £500, with the vast majority of home credit lending done by companies which engage agents to visit customers' homes to collect repayments, or assess credit worthiness' and make loans. The Commission has only investigated legitimate licensed businesses, and the state of competition in home credit, which should be...

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Responsible Gambling

Oxford University Press, USA. 2019

"Responsible gambling" refers to a range of strategies, initiatives, and activities introduced by gambling regulators, policymakers, and industry operators to reduce gambling-related harms. There is an absence of agreement about the definition of responsible gambling among these parties, and stakeholders' experiences reflect varied and often conflicting positions about the development, implementation, and maintenance of existing responsible gambling programs. Complicating these issues...