Debt: Can you be charged more in interest than your original loan?

Understanding the complicated in duplum rule By Athalie Crawford If you borrow money and the interest accumulates to equal the amount you borrowed, can you still be charged further interest? This is dealt with by the in duplum rule, and it is complicated and changing. The rule kicks in when a person has been defaulting on loan repayments. In the first place, it’s important to distinguish between...

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