New rules may drive more low-income debtors in Hong Kong to unlicensed lenders

Jun 24, 2025 | INVESTING

Taking loans from unregulated money lenders in Hong Kong could become a bigger problem among low-income debtors, including domestic helpers, if a government plan to regulate licensed operators overly restricts their borrowing, concern groups have warned.
The issue was raised on Tuesday, a day after the Financial Services and Treasury Bureau launched a two-month public consultation on bolstering regulations on money lending.
Among the proposed measures, the government would set an aggregate cap…

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