Consider This: Youth in Debt (Part 1) — The Price of Financial Illiteracy on Youth? - Video Dailymotion

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The Credit Counseling and Management Agency (Agensi Kaunseling dan Pengurusan Kredit, AKPK) recently reported that 65% of the total number of the agency’s clients as of March were those aged between 28 and 30. That’s some 53,000 youths seeking AKPK's services to restructure their debts, worth nearly RM1.9 billion in total. What are the implications of this staggering statistic, and what systemic factors are contributing to the financial struggles faced by young Malaysians today? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Clare Walker, CEO of the Financial Industry Collective Outreach (FINCO) a non-profit organisation set up by the financial industry to deliver educational initiatives to underprivileged children and youth.

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