Payday Loans, Advance America Laws & Government Affairs
We’re very upbeat about this appointment. Advance America, amongst many others, is a very large and profitable payday loan company whose agenda includes fighting for the rights of consumers to have access to multiple financial products and in defending our industry and all the employees, business operators, commercial property owners that depend on the micro-lending niche.
Payday Loan Laws - South Carolina Legislation
South Carolina legislators introduced new payday loan legislation that will protect consumers from the so-called “cycle of debt” and allow thousands of payday loan employees and entrepreneurs to remain in business.
Payday Loans:Fair & Balanced Media Coverage
Sometimes you might need $100 or so for two weeks just to get over a rough patch, a miscalculation in the family finances, so to speak. You can hardly go to the bank for that, and anyway banks don’t make two-week loans. And maybe your sister-in-law is tapped out. So you borrow the money from a payday lender. You pick it up on a Monday, and you pay it back a week from Friday, plus a $20 fee. Sure, that interest would add up to 500 percent on an annual basis, but you’re not borrowing the money for a year. And nobody’s going to loan you $100 for two weeks and charge a nickel. There’s no business model in that. So you willingly pay the $20. No harm done.”
Advance America Takes it in the Shorts in New Hampshire
Bottom line, Advance America’s new payday loan styled product is not gonna fly. Of course Advance America plans to appeal the ruling by the New Hampshire banking commissioner so we haven’t seen the end of the creative genius at Advance America.
Payday Loans and Unintended Consequences to Regulation
Comments by so-called consumer protectionists to ban the payday loan product or reduce the interest rates to an unsustainable rate (ie:36% APR) and thus “force these consumers to go to family and friends for a small loan to fix the car to get to work or to feed the kids is not an option. These “protectionists” need to spend an hour on the phone in a payday loan store where they’ll discover it’s often the family members of those in need who are calling us to inquire about a loan! The family doesn’t want to loan the payday loan consumer any more money because THEY NEVER GET PAID BACK!
Ohio Banks Offer Payday Loan Product Legally!
While Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank and Fifth Third all offer their advances for periods up to slightly more than a month, their policy is to automatically pay themselves back upon the first direct deposit of $100 or more.
So if you borrow $200 three days before payday because of an unforeseen emergency, the bank would take $220 upon direct deposit.
Payday Loan Job Losses in Ohio
Check ’n Go payday lending chain said Tuesday that it will close about half of its Ohio stores over the next several months.
CNG Financial said it will close 36 of its 71 stores in the state, eliminating up to 75 jobs. The company didn’t specify which sites would be shut down, but a spokesman said [...]
Arizona Payday Loans Vote Yes #200
Arizona payday loan consumers urge a VOTE YES ON 200!
Concerned about access to small consumer loans and fear that government will continue to encroach on their freedom of financial choice, Arizona voters urge everyone to vote yes on 200.
Even if you have never used a payday loan and have zero plans in the future to [...]
Ohio Payday Loan Customers Worried!
Payday loan consumers in Ohio are expressing their fears about the future of the payday loan industry. They worry they will no longer have access to small dollar, no-hassle, no credit check payday loans in the future. They urge a VOTE NO on Issue 5!
Ohio payday loan ballot measure Issue 5, if passed will reduce [...]
Payday Loans & Freedom of Choice
There are a lot of great posts regarding payday loans, Ohio, big brother issues and more over at
http://caveatemptorblog.com .
Here’s an example and we recommend you head over there for more pros and cons on payday loans and big brother…
Casey had an interesting insight:
“Payday loans are faulty product deserving of some common sense regulation.” [...]
