Finantsinspektsioon held a seminar for debt counsellors

04/03/2024

Finantsinspektsioon held a seminar on 1 December for people closely involved in debt counselling, which discussed restructuring of debts, legal changes concerning debt collection, and access to debt counselling services. It also explained who the typical debtor is today, and the stages of life at which people fall into debt.

The seminar can be watched here.

Programme for the seminar
13.00 Arrival
13.15 Debt restructuring
Teele Jürjer, lawyer at Finantsinspektsioon
13.30 Access to debt counselling services and the stages of life when debts accumulate
Kaie Pukk, Adviser at the Ministry of Social Affairs
14.15 Break
14.30 The draft Debt Collection and Debt Purchase Act
Thomas Auväärt, Deputy Head of the Financial Services Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance
15.00 Bankruptcy proceedings
Ly Müürsoo, Trustee in Bankruptcy
15.15 Questions from debt counsellors for Assistant Enforcement Agent Kadri Noor

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