Thanks to a bevy of unflattering media reports, there are probably few industries as vilified as the payday loan industry. Still, those who provide small, short-term loans offer a valuable service, ...

Randy Hutchinson is the president of the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South. If you have to borrow money to fix your car so you can get to work and have no alternative but to take out a payday or ...

We loved that there was an ad for a payday loan business on the same page as this story on the Dispatch's site. Selective marketing gone wrong. From the Columbus Dispatch (full story): The Starkville ...

LANSING — Michigan would limit interest and fees on payday loans under bipartisan legislation that supporters say would crack down on an industry that traps low-income residents in cycles of debt and ...

A Henderson city councilman’s payday loan business is under scrutiny in federal court, after two class action lawsuits alleged its lending license through a Native American tribe helped it offer loans ...

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The payday loan business is pretty simple. Clients generally pay a fee of $15 per $100 for a two-week loan. At EZ Money, the fee is $15 for $100, $25 for $200 and $35 for $300. For one-month loans, ...

Payday lenders have a lot in common with pawn shops, their close cousins: They depend on lending money to desperate people living close to the edge with nowhere else to turn. They first surfaced about ...

NEW YORK -- Professional racecar driver Scott Tucker and his former lawyer were found guilty in federal court in New York on Friday of preying on vulnerable borrowers through a $2 billion payday loan ...

Payday loans widely condemned as predatory are still freely available in Texas — for a staggeringly steep price — even as a new state law will block cities from adopting new ordinances addressing the ...

Payday loans can provide quick access to cash in an emergency, often without a credit check. But you’ll pay a high interest rate and additional fees. Many or all of the products on this page are from ...