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12/31/2010Lawmakers eye payday and car title lenders
Oder and Locke seek 36 percent cap on interest — Peninsula lawmakers continue to push for tougher rules to keep payday and car title lenders from charging sky high interest rates on short term loans, even with the industry in deep decline.
(Published: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:07:31 -0800)Starkville 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 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)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)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)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)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)Update 2010: Payday loan businesses leave state after voter-approved initiative
The payday loan industry has no interest - and no means - ofdoing business in Montana anymore.
(Published: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:36:25 -0800)Don't get trapped in payday loan cycle
Break free of payday loans, but not with a new payday loan.
(Published: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:00:00 -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)
