Personal Finance | Salary advances could help stop consumers from getting trapped in an unsustainable debt repayment cycle, writes Maya Fisher-French.
For example, if you have worked for 10 days of the month but find yourself in a cash flow crunch, rather than going to your local loan shark, you could draw a percentage of your salary already accrued to you
during those 10 days. This would then be deducted from your salary payment at month end. I retweeted the article as it seemed like a great solution, especially for lower-income earners.exclusive journalism and features
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