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1/19/2012Payday Loan Scams Hit the Stateline
Payday loan scams are another big issue and one of our Facebook fans, Sally Schermerhorn shared a startling story with us on on our Facebook page.
(Published: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:00:33 -0800)Payday loan sharks bite workers
PAYDAY lenders are exploiting vulnerable people with post-Christmas interest rates that would burn a hole in any wallet, a welfare body has warned.
(Published: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:30:00 -0800)First Person: A Payday Loan Could Have Devastated My Family's Finances
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(Published: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:32:00 -0800)Arkansas Tech Professor Investigates Payday Loan Cycle of Debt
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Arkansas Tech University Prof. Marc Anthony Fusaro is the principal investigator on an important new study regarding whether the high interest rates on so-called "payday" loans cause borrowers to be trapped in a "cycle of debt."
(Published: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:32:18 -0800)Payday loan firm 'targets students' online, the warning remains clear
A media campaign against a payday loan's website page 'targeting students' resulted in its removal - should students rethink how far they trust financial options found online?
(Published: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:29:18 -0800)Analysis: U.S. payday lenders point fingers to blunt crackdown
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Payday lenders facing oversight from the new consumer protection agency are warning that tough regulations may push customers into the arms of unscrupulous online lenders, in a pitch for lighter, or at least equal, new rules. The storefront payday lending industry has been slowly bleeding over the last few years as states, until now the industry's major regulators, have ...
(Published: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:27:28 -0800)Payday Loan Affiliate Program LeadsMarket.com Will Exhibit at Affiliate Summit
LAS VEGAS , Jan. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LeadsMarket.com will be exhibiting at Affiliate Summit West 2012 at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, NV on January 9th and 10th of 2012 to promote its payday loan ...
(Published: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:45:00 -0800)Payday loan limit having early impact, officials think
Springfield has one fewer payday loan and title store today than it did nearly two years ago, when aldermen passed rules limiting where the businesses could locate.
(Published: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:56:30 -0800)Beware of Payday Loan Pitfalls
Some companies will add a 900% interest fee onto the loan. Now that the holidays are over, more people are turning to payday loans to help make rent or buy food for their families.
(Published: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:18:37 -0800)Payday loans focus of probe
WASHINGTON – When Richard Cordray convenes his first field hearing Thursday in Birmingham, Ala., as the director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the site, setting and subject matter couldn’t be more appropriate. In the city that witnessed some of the bloodiest confrontations of the civil rights era, Cordray will hear testimony on the payday loan industry, which has acquired a ...
(Published: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:15:51 -0800)
