If you’re considering a payday loan this holiday season, I hope my story changes your mind.
Entries Tagged as 'PayDay Loans'
A Personal Appeal for You To Avoid Payday Loans: My Story
December 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · PayDay Loans
Tags: Christmas·food·food bank·holidays·Loans·payday·PayDay Loans·rent·utilities
Elizabeth Warren Needs You – Stop Funding Cuts in Consumer Protection
March 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Consumer Info, Credit Cards
If financial consumer advocates get their way this summer, Elizabeth Warren will be confirmed as the head of the new U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Warren, a Harvard Law School Professor, for years spoke critically and publicly against the predatory lending practices by the credit card companies. Many give her credit for exposing the issues [...]
Tags: Bankruptcy·Congress·Credit Card Accountability Responsibility And Disclosure Act·Credit Cards·Elizabeth Warren·overdaft fees·PayDay Loans·predatory lending·subprime·U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
With Sunset on Arizona Payday Loans – What are the Alternatives?
July 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · PayDay Loans
I’ve posted numerous articles and blog posts on the evils of payday lending, so it was a treat for me to attend a “Sunset on 400 Percent” party Wednesday evening, sponsored by Arizonans for Responsible Lending. Party-goers, sparkling cider in hand and news cameras rolling, toasted the end of payday lending in Arizona with a [...]
Tags: alternatives·arizona·creditors·emergency cash·hardship programs·Payday Lending·PayDay Loans·Sunset on 400 percent
Payday Loans Out, Small-Dollar Bank Loans In?
June 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Banking, Budgeting, Consumer Info
As high-interest payday lending is phased out across the country, FDIC-approved small-dollar bank loans could be on the way in.
Tags: arizona·FDIC·PayDay Loans·pilot program·small-dollar loans
