Since then, we also saw that some unsecured bond markets have reopened.

She was later released by the magistrate on a $10,000 unsecured bond.

A handful of banks also issued unsecured bonds, in what some heralded as an end to the crisis.

The listed regeneration specialist raised 80 million from a sale of seven-year unsecured bonds to retail investors paying a fixed coupon of 6.25 per cent.

In federal court, defendants are normally released on $10,000 unsecured bonds, meaning they do not have to put up any money.

Ten-year, unsecured credit at 2.5 per cent; they could only dream of such terms before.

Subdued spending continued to reduce demand for unsecured credit among consumers, with demand for personal loans falling 7 per cent.

The problems have arisen in transactional and unsecured credit card banking with one-off or completely unknown customers.

Mortgage availability improved, but unsecured credit lending fell 10.2 per cent in the first quarter of the year.

The currently stretched can draw on an ancient mechanism that has softened countless hard times, namely a temporary unsecured credit facility.