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12/29/2010Starkville extends moratorium on payday loan outfits
The Starkville Board of Aldermen Tuesday extended the moratorium on new check-cashing and high-interest loan businesses in the city.
(Published: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:36:02 -0800)Payday lenders switch gears: Advocates for poor say new loans just as bad
COLUMBIA -- A South Carolina law barring people from taking out more than one payday loan at a time has led borrowers to seek other loans that advocates for the poor also call predatory. Often those loans are made by the same companies operating under different licenses.
(Published: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:24:54 -0800)Cassidy: Silicon Valley starting to push back against payday lenders
In the aftermath of the Great Recession there is one slice of the financial sector thats done very well. Payday lenders, who float small amounts with huge financing charges, have found hard times to be good times. Now Emmett Carson of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and others say its time to put a stop to lenders who take advantage of the poor.
(Published: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:22:52 -0800)Payday loan firms face action on direct debits
Payday loan firms are putting customers at risk of deeper debt difficulties by taking money out of their bank accounts without telling them, it has emerged.
(Published: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 16:04:36 -0800)Payday Power to Launch Expanded Affiliate Scheme with Webgains
Payday loan experts, Payday Power, are to launch a brand new affiliate initiative in cooperation with Webgains early in the New Year.
(Published: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:00:00 -0800)Scam Alert: Cleveland woman is target of payday loan collection scam
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - A Cleveland woman called BBB after she began receiving harassing phone calls for from two men who claimed to be officers from a Field Office in the Washington DC area.
(Published: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:55:54 -0800)Break Free From Vicious Payday Loan Cycle
Break free of payday loans, but not with a new payday loan.
(Published: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:11:50 -0800)Texas Showdown Brewing Over Payday Loan Stores
Critics ask Dallas City Council to support changes in Texas law.
(Published: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:50:06 -0800)Beware of Maltese payday loan company
If you got that payday loan from an outfit in Malta, then this consumer alert from the state Department of Financial Institutions may be a little too late to help. For the rest of you – be warned.
(Published: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:03:30 -0800)SC law change cuts into payday lending business
COLUMBIA — A South Carolina law barring people from taking out more than one payday loan at a time has led borrowers to seek other loans that advocates for the poor also call predatory.
(Published: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:05:44 -0800)
