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Cashing Your Tax Refund Without a Bank Account Just Got Easier
3:40PM 1/19/2012
As many as 60 million Americans have limited or no access to banking services, and many of them will get tax refunds this spring. Typically, this is where payday lenders come in, cashing the checks for big fees, but now there's a new cashier offering to do it for much less: Walmart.
Payday Lenders Fuel Crime, Drive Down Property Values
12:00PM 5/12/2011
Payday lenders already get a bad rap for offering high-priced loans to cash-strapped consumers. Now here's another reason that cash advance outlets may come under attack: Researchers say the proliferation of payday lenders in low-to-moderate income neighborhoods fuels violent crime and drives down...
Predatory Payday Lenders Put Military Families in the Crosshairs
12:00PM 4/12/2011
Members of America's military face threats around the world every day, but it's a domestic threat that has the top brass on the offensive on the home front -- predatory lenders. Here's how the Department of Defense is fighting back.
Debt collector accused of posing as a government agency
11:15AM 11/08/2010
An Oklahoma payday lender is being sued by Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott for masquerading as an official government agency of Dallas County.
The defendant, Patrick D. "Dylan" White, and his businesses, CASHMAX, Fed Cash, TOPCASH and Cash Service Center, have been prohibited from any further...
Payday loans: Why the industry says they're a good deal
1:00PM 11/04/2010
Payday loans can wreak havoc on a person's financial life. These loans carry sky-high APRs and the penalties for late or missed payments can be extreme. Many consumers, who turned to payday lenders in a time of need, later find themselves worse off than when they started. In this series, WalletPop...
Advance America agrees to settlement over charging 450% interest
2:00PM 9/22/2010
Payday lender Advance America agreed to a proposed settlement that will pay $18.75 million to more than 140,000 North Carolina consumers charged triple-digit interest rates and unlawful fees, the law firm Public Justice announced.
The settlement resolves a 2004 class-action lawsuit against Advance...
Dr. Boyce Watkins recently took Montel Williams to task, in a fairly mild way, for the daytime talk icon's decision to serve as a spokesman for Money Mutual, a payday lender.
Watkins writes that "No, Montel is not a crook. And neither are Magic Johnson and Russell Simmons, two other people who...
Virginia's State Employee Loan Program has a downside
1:00PM 12/30/2009
In an op-ed piece (subscription required) in the Wall Street Journal, Virginia governor Tim Kaine explains a new loan program being offered to state employees: the Virginia State Employee Loan Program, "a unique partnership between the Virginia State Employee Assistance Fund and the Virginia Credit...
Payday loans wiped out in Arkansas -- is this a trend?
4:30PM 8/13/2009
Three years ago more than 250 payday lenders were doing business in Arkansas. As of this week, all are out of business.Arkansas represented a unique opportunity for opponents of payday lending. The state constitution includes a cap on interest rates that state officials and advocates used to drive...
Have you ever wondered how smart your state is? If you look closely at the decisions made in your statehouse the evidence may be all too clear. But just in case your gut isn't good enough, now you can see how your state's IQ measures up to its neighbors. The data has been compiled from several...
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