ICAN Learn is now accepting scholarship applications for two concurrent Diploma of Financial Counselling courses: the Indigenous Financial Counselling Mentorship Program and the Multi-Cultural Scholarship Program, to be delivered in 2017-2019. Indigenous Financial Counselling… Read more »
More than 110,000 people in Far North Queensland could be eligible to borrow money for essential goods and services and pay no or low interest through the region’s first Good Money community finance store.… Read more »
The Aboriginal community of Yarrabah in north Queensland today hosted the launch of the “Do Not Knock informed” communities program, with the unveiling of new roadside signage designed to warn door-to-door traders not to… Read more »
In 2016 Scamwatch received more reports than ever of scammers approaching their victims through social networking sites. Victims reported losing over $9.5 million to social media scams last year – almost three times more… Read more »
The Federal Court has today fined Cairns-based lender, Channic Pty Ltd (Channic), broker Cash Brokers Pty Ltd (Cash Brokers) and the sole director of both companies, Mr Colin William Hulbert, a total of $776000… Read more »
Have you ever felt like you had to buy something just to get away from a pushy sales person? Or have you had someone knock at your door selling something that you didn’t want… Read more »
ICAN has just released its interim evaluation report on our Yarnin’ Money financial capability training program. The report discusses the evaluation progress to date on the Yarnin’ Money training program, delivered to twelve remote… Read more »
On International Women’s Day, the Queensland financial counselling sector celebrated the long-standing financial counselling career of Susan Cook, the first Aboriginal financial counsellor to enter the sector and pave the way for other Indigenous… Read more »