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Team Margill at ABA Techshow
For 38 years now, American Bar Association Techshow has has brought together legal professionals and technology. This year, the ABA Techshow will take place at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago from February 14 to the 17th, 2024. Come say say hello to the Margill Team at booth 332 to learn more about how our software can […]
Criminal interest rate: Canada sets high stakes for high rates
As it revisits decades-old regulations on what constitutes a criminal interest rate, Canada challenges lenders to remain profitable under substantially tighter margins. These Regulations are necessary to implement amendments brought by the Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 to section 347 of the Criminal Code. The amendments will lower the criminal annual rate of interest from the current 60 per […]
Margill in Tunisia
Ambassador Lorraine Diguer and the team of trade delegates from the Canadian Embassy in Tunisia met with Mr. Marc Gélinas, founding president of the Canadian company Jurismedia inc., his team as well as representatives of their Tunisian partner DevXperts (5Xperts Group). The discussion focussed on opportunities in Tunisia in addition to celebrating success of […]
Do I Have To Pay Back This Loan?
Joe Patrice, senior editor at “Above The Law“, offers a helpful guide for anyone wondering how borrowing works for different people. Earlier this week, Jonathan Turley’s thirst for attention led him to go on TV to describe “car loan payments” as corruption that “none of us have seen the likes of.” Turley is, of course, […]
Update to the Google Personalised ads policy
In February 2024, Google will update its Personalised ads policy to introduce new limitations on personalised ads relating to consumer financial products and services. Specifically, Google’s ‘Credit in personalised ads’ policy will be expanded to cover ‘Consumer finance in personalised ads’. The updated policy will read as follows: ‘In the United States and Canada, the following sensitive […]
Goldman Alums Set Up Matchmaking Platform for Private Credit
Two former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. bankers want to take the $1.6 trillion private credit revolution from Wall Street to Main Street. George van Dorp and Koen van Vlijmen, who both worked in the American bank’s London office, have built a product that matches small businesses with alternative lenders. Take a look at this excellent […]
A 47-year mortgage? They’re out there — and even longer ones could be coming
Banking regulator says about $250B worth of home loans are either currently or soon to be negatively amortized. Canada’s top banking regulator will soon implement new guidelines for the mortgage market, aimed at reducing the risks posed by negative amortization mortgages — home loans where the payment terms have ballooned by years and sometimes decades because […]
Seamless Legal/Litigation Fees Finance Management and Interest Calculation for Law Firms
Seamless Legal/Litigation Fees Finance Management and Interest Calculation for Law Firms with Margill Loan Manager Many law firms, particularly, personal injury lawyers (accidents, injuries, claims, liability) will finance their client costs and fees until the settlement occurs, at which time they will deduct these fees, costs and now interest, from the settlement amount. With rising […]
Webinar – What’s new in version 5.4
See the cool new features in version 5.4 released from January 22 to September 15, 2022. For more details on the new additions, please visit the Release Notes page.
Automated invoice numbering
Q: I created an invoice in Margill (via Document Merge) and would like to know if it can number the invoices automatically. A: A few options are available in Margill First method: By using the Global Changes function import your invoice numbers directly into your Records. Let’s start by creating a Custom field to import […]