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Re:Startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo D... by zahreeley on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @02:24PM (#17812313)
In India, lenders send goons to borrowers houses and sometimes thrash them. Shaming on social media is more dangerous.
Re:Startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s S18 Demo D... by icebraining on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @02:46PM (#17812539)
In Spain and Portugal there's a company that sends people dressed in frock coats and top hats to the debtor's workplace entrance and such, to publicly shame them: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/aug/09/spain-debt-...