Repayments

When Tom lost his job, he couldn't keep up his mortgage repayments and he was threatened with foreclosure.

Cash requirements for financing activities consist primarily of long-term debt repayments, interest payments and dividend payments to shareholders.

One sex worker says her madam, or pimp, demanded repayments of 1,000 euro [$1,300] within 10 days.

The world's main creditor nations, known as the Paris Club, will meet next week in the French capital to consider a moratorium on debt repayments by the countries most affected by the December 26 disaster.

Late last month, 135 civil society organizations urged the government to ensure that microfinance institutions immediately suspend all loan repayments and interest accrual for at least three months.