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  "id": 8650467,
  "title": "Cost-of-living drives more households to access pay early",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/cost-of-living-drives-more-households-to-access-pay-early-8650467",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-20T08:56:59.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "slug": "the-age",
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/cost-of-living-drives-more-households-to-access-pay-early-20260920-p60yz3.html?ref=rss"
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  "summary": "The cost-of-living squeeze is driving more and more households to tap into their pay early by using wage advance services.",
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        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "Cost-of-living drives more households to access pay early",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/cost-of-living-drives-more-households-to-access-pay-early",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}