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Credit card defaults rise in Singapore

by Tony Sagami on November 2, 2008

in Consumer Credit News

Singapore debt collector DP Information Group reported that its credit card collection cases have more than doubled since March.

And the company expects conditions to get worse.

‘We have already detected a downturn in consumer repayment behaviour as a result of the credit crisis. We foresee a greater and more visible impact on defaults and rollover amounts in thecoming months. This would be due to greater job losses and general negative consumer sentiment.”

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