Payday Loan News for 02/26/2007
| Self-policing on payday loans draws skeptics (Kansas City Star) Payday-lending officials say the industrys new self-regulatory plan, backed by a $10 million advertising campaign, is a good-faith effort to protect consumers... | ||
PayDay Loans to Return to Georgia - Associated Content
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Industry group unveils rules to ease terms of payday loans - Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
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Payday Loans: Costly Cash (Washington Post) The Community Financial Services Association of America, the national trade association for payday lenders, says its $10 million advertising campaign is intended to educate people on how to use payday loans wisely... | ||
Payday Loans Making Comeback ATLANTA (AP) -- A key legislative panel approved a proposal today to erase Georgia's ban on payday lending and replace it with a new system designed to regulate the short-term loans. A House Banks and Banking subcommittee voted 11-to-3 ... | ||
Payday lending industry promises reforms (The Morning News) WASHINGTON -- Facing pressure in half the states including Arkansas, payday lenders promised Wednesday to give customers extra time to pay off loans as they launched a nationwide advertising campaign... | ||
Payday firms lengthen time allowed to pay off loans (Sun-Sentinel) WASHINGTON · Under pressure from legislators and consumer groups, the payday lending industry on Wednesday announced changes to educate borrowers and help customers who have trouble making payments on short-term loans... | ||
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Payday loans may lead to debt trap - Advance Titan
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More on Payday Loans: The Industry PR Folks Strike Back Check out this article in today's Washington Post by Michelle Singletary - - "Payday Loans: Costly Cash." Among other things, the article discusses a new ad campaign by the Community Financial Payday Services Association of America, ... | ||
Payday companies fill gap left by banks for small loans (BizJournals) Strong demand has fueled robust growth in the payday loan industry... | ||
Bad credit? No credit? Not a problem, say some lenders - The Union Leader
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Facts show practices on payday loans fair - The Tennessean
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Payday Loans Payday Loans Are a Scourge, but Should Wrath Be Aimed at the Lenders? - New York Times: [T]he outrage currently directed at lenders who extend credit at extremely high rates of interest to economically disadvantaged groups. ... | ||
Payday lenders respond to criticism with education effort - Providence Journal
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Taking out payday loan not a sound financial move (Denver Post) The Community Financial Services Association of America, the national trade association for payday lenders, is planning to spend $10 million for an advertising campaign that it says is intended to educate people on how to use payday loans wisely... | ||
Industry group unveils rules to ease terms of payday loans (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) A group that represents about half of the payday loan stores in the United States will require members to give customers more time to repay their loans without additional fees or penalties. The Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA), which represents 164 payday lending firms and 12,000 stores, hopes the repayment option, along with a $10 million education campaign, will help ... | ||
Governor backs bill on payday loans - San Diego Union Tribune
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Payday loans may lead to debt trap (Advance Titan) The end of the month approaches and, with it, come the bills. The combination of rent, cell phone bill, credit card payment and other expenses can start to become an overwhelming prospect for young people with little financial experience... | ||
Predatory Payday Loans Go to any military town or drive around depressed neighborhoods and you see them in the strip malls: payday loan companies. These predatory lenders capitalize on those with limited incomes by providing cash advances which are repaid ... | ||
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Payday loans might return (The Florida Times-Union) ATLANTA - Consumer groups, prosecutors and many lawmakers thought they had shut the door for good... | ||
battles everywhere over payday loans Many consumer advocates say that is not enough and want a rate cap on payday loans, similar to the 36% annual rate cap that exists now in federal law for military personnel (and which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsed this week for ... | ||
Pitfalls of Payday Loans Payday loans are marketed as a way to get fast cash to hold the borrower over until their next paycheck. But expect to repay much more than you get... | ||
Lawmakers limit payday loans - Sioux Falls Argus Leader
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CAPSULE COMMENTS : : Payday loans bill may rise again . . . - Tucson Citizen
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Payday loans might return ATLANTA - Consumer groups, prosecutors and many lawmakers thought they had shut the door for good... | ||
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Payday loans could return to Georgia (WALB News 10) Albany - - It's been the topic of legal controversy for years - businesses that offer high interest loans for people who need money in between paychecks. Georgia currently is the only state banning pay day loans. But now, state lawmakers are considering allowing these companies to return to Georgia... |

