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Causes of Over-indebtedness

These are some of the causes

Drop in income: motivated through unemployment, death of a member of the family, etc

Increase in expenditure through poor budget management, unexpected expenditure, unnecessary expenditure etc. Compulsive buying and /or irrational use of cards (purchase cards, credit or debit cards) in commercial establishments, via Internet or television sales, by mail order catalogue, etc

The aggressiveness and efficiency of advertising campaigns which cause the consumer to fall into over-indebtedness

Asking for loans, without careful analysis of contracts to discover whether they contain clauses that hide the truth cost of the operation

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Enjoyment of one or various loans- without having previously studied the financial situation at that moment , or the foreseeable situation during the validity of the contract.


 

Enjoyment of one or various loans- without having previously studied the financial situation at that moment , or the foreseeable situation during the validity of the contract

The use of services of finance entities of dubious legal standing and / or those which carry out aggressive campaigns in the means of communication offering easy money which turns out to be very expensive in the long run

Not communicating with the finance entity the moment that the first problem arises, to be able to study the negotiation of other conditions for the repayment of the debt