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Seeking the sweetspot between charity and commerce

February 20, 2023

Our interview with Will Mace at the National Business Review focussed on our our structure and mission- balancing financial sustainability, impact, compliance, and experience.

On the face, it’s basically a debt consolidationloan provider, but with a core focus on encouraging its customers to pay downtheir existing debt and avoid more unaffordable borrowing. She quips that hersis the only finance company that aims to lose customers in the long run.

Lockley said her clientele is broader than you’d think. They might be mortgage holders staring down the barrel of increased interest payments with a bit of credit card debt, a car loan, and increasing food a living costs to worry about. They might also have started a business that’s failed and they’re trying to build themselves back up again.

“The juggle is real for many New Zealanders out there … The people that are coming to us are wanting to make that juggleeasier, so they don't drop balls, especially when we're facing into interestrates going up.”

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