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INSS Updates Rules for Payroll Loans for Retirees

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INSS is a government office in Brazil.

It helps people who get a pension. This includes old people and other pensioners.

INSS makes rules about payroll loans. This is money that banks lend to people.

The bank takes money back from the person's pension every month.

Now, some retired people do not need facial biometrics to get this loan.

Facial biometrics is a check with a photo of your face.

The new rule helps retirees get loans in an easier way.

INSS also made a new rule about time.

People cannot get a payroll loan for 90 days after they start getting their pension.

This rule is for everyone. It is also for the bank that pays the pension.

The goal is to protect new pensioners from fast loan offers.

Vocabulary6 words

payroll loan
money a bank lends; the bank takes payments from your pension or salary
facial biometrics
a check that uses a photo of your face to prove who you are
retiree
a person who has stopped working because they are old
pensioner
a person who gets money every month from the government after work
benefit
money the government gives to a person, like a pension
block
to stop something from happening

Quiz

1. What is INSS?
2. What can some retirees now skip when getting a loan?
3. How long is the new block on payroll loans for new pensioners?

Fill-in-the-blank listening

Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.

INSS is a _____ office in Brazil.

It helps people who get a _____.

INSS makes rules about _____ loans.

The bank takes money back from the person's _____ every month.

Now, some retired people do not need _____ to get this loan.

The new rule helps retirees get loans in an easier _____.

People cannot get a payroll loan for _____ days after they start getting their pension.

This rule is for everyone. It is also for the _____ that pays the pension.

The goal is to protect new pensioners from fast loan _____.

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