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BC Cost of Living Increasingly Driving Consumers to Insolvency, with Mental Health Suffering the Impacts of Debt-Stress – 11th Annual BC Consumer Debt Study
January 15, 2024 08:00 ET | Sands & Associates
New BC Consumer Debt Study Findings Say Mental Health Suffering the Impacts of Debt-Stress, BC Cost of Living Increasingly Driving Consumer Insolvencies
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Consumers Turning to Credit Cards and Payday Loans to Cover Costs of Living, with Debt-Stress Impacting Mental Health, Self-Esteem & More – 10th Annual BC Consumer Debt Study
January 16, 2023 08:00 ET | Sands & Associates
Credit card debt a problem for nearly 3 in 5 individuals polled in the 2022 BC Consumer Debt Study, and worrying high-cost payday loan use is on the rise. Most troubling - almost 4 in 5 people said...
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Costs of Living, Credit Cards & COVID-19 – Latest BC Consumer Debt Study Highlights Consumer Debt Problems, Debt Impacts on Mental Health and More
January 17, 2022 07:30 ET | Sands & Associates
Credit card debt cited five times more than other types of problem debt; using credit for essential costs of living the main cause of debt reported by 18% of insolvent consumers, and more than 3 in 4...
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Credit Card Debt and COVID-19 Pandemic Pushing BC Bankruptcies and Proposals – Revealing New Debt Study Goes Beyond the Numbers
January 11, 2021 07:30 ET | Sands & Associates
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Sands & Associates, BC’s largest firm of Licensed Insolvency Trustees serving individuals and small businesses, released the...
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Credit Card Debt Driving Insolvencies – Even for Consumers with Full-Time Employment and Good Credit Scores
February 10, 2020 06:00 ET | Sands & Associates
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Working full-time and hold a good credit score? That might not be enough to keep a debt problem from setting in. A new BC debt study...
Mental and Physical Health Suffers under Strain of Debt: BC Consumer Debt Study Report
May 25, 2017 07:00 ET | Sands & Associates
VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - May 25, 2017) - Sands & Associates, BC's largest firm of Licensed Insolvency Trustees, released the results of their fifth annual BC Consumer Debt Study today. The...
Sands & Associates Releases Fourth Annual BC Consumer Debt Study
March 21, 2016 07:00 ET | Sands & Associates
VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - March 21, 2016) -  Sands & Associates, BC's largest firm of Credit Counsellors and Licensed Insolvency Trustees released results of their fourth annual BC...