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France Enforces Strict New Consumer Protection Rules on Consumer Credit and Digital Financing to Curb Household Overindebtedness

New regulatory provisions officially took effect across France introducing stricter information transparency, rigorous creditworthiness evaluations for lenders, and expanded consumer protections covering mini-loans and deferred payment schemes up to one hundred thousand euros.
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