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Orange Bank?

by Kiran on January 24, 2012 · 8 comments

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When I first arrived in the States, it was so surreal. I was new to everything and had to learn the way of lives from scratch. It was totally different from where we hailed.

This was the country where dreams came true — a country filled with opportunities.

The thing that bugs me the most, even till date, is the idea of taking a loan just over the phone. That scares me, too much. I’ll explain.

With a finance background, I had a lot of experience dealing with banks and money market in a very regulated environment. There’s no way a single transaction could escape suspicion or investigation without proper filing with our Central Bank of Malaysia. I won’t bore you further.

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