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Posted on Jun 29, 2022
Charles, 29 - tahun (bukan nama sebenar) ialah seorang eksekutif jualan serantau yang berjaya. Beliau dan isterinya mempunyai dua orang cahaya mata yang comel.Beliau sentiasa tahu bagaimana untuk menguruskan wang dengan baik dan mengamalkan cara hidup dalam kemampuan.
Charles sudah - bertahun- tahun menggunakan kad kredit secara berhemat. Beliau juga tidak pernah menyalahgunakan kad kredit dan sentiasa melunaskan pembayaran semula dengan kadar yang segera. Namun begitu, beliau tidak pernah membuat simpanan wang untuk kegunaan di waktu kecemasan. Ini menimbulkan masalah kewangan kepada beliau.
Selain daripada - isteri dan anak-anak, Charles juga turut menyara bapanya yang semakin meningkat usia. Apabila bapanya memerlukan wang untuk kos prosedur rawatan, beliau akan bertanggungjawab untuk membayar kos rawatan tersebut.
Masalah Charles - bermula apabila satu hari, beliau terpaksa menggunakan kad kredit untuk membayar kos rawatan perubatan bapanya kerana pada ketika itu, beliau mempunyai komitmen kewangan yang lain dan tidak mempunyai simpanan kecemasan. Tidak beberapa lama selepas itu, apabila menerima notis daripada pihak bank, barulah beliau sedar bahawa beliau tidak mampu untuk membuat pembayaran semula kad kredit tersebut.
Pertengkaran - besar telah berlaku di antara Charles dan isterinya menjadikan keluarga itu tertekan. Hal ini adalah kerana mereka tidak tahu bagaimana untuk berurusan dengan pihak bank dan dikhuatiri mereka tidak lagi mampu untuk menanggung perbelanjaan harian mereka sendiri.
Charles mendapat - tahu tentang perkhidmatan kaunseling kredit dan program pengurusan kredit (PPK) yang ditawarkan oleh AKPK lalu segera menghubungi pihak kaunselor AKPK bagi mendapatkan bantuan. Setelah berbincang dengan pengeluar kad kredit terbabit,AKPK berjaya mengurangkan pembayaran hutang bulanan Charles sebanyak dipersetujui oleh kesemua pihak.
Charles telah - mendaftar dirinya dalam PPK yang AKPK sediakan dan turut mengikuti jadual pembayaran balik yang diberi. Beliau berhajat untuk menyelesaikan tunggakan kad kredit walaupun jumlahnya agak besar. AKPK mencadangkan beberapa penyelesaian dan mengajar Charles cara-cara membuat bajet dengan betul dan mengurangkan perbelanjaan yang tidak perlu atau tidak penting.
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