payday loans
Biden Pick for Fed Financial Oversight Post Invests in a Bunch of Crypto Firms
Michael Barr has invested in over 80 firms involved in crypto, debt collection, payday loans, and fintech.
Amazon Launches Payday Advances for Its Most Precarious Warehouse Workers
The program codifies what many Amazon workers have been saying about their dangerous, low-paying jobs: warehouse workers need an option like this because they're not earning enough to make it to payday.
Payday Lenders Are Charging Up to 780% Interest Amid Coronavirus Panic
While banks are slashing lending rates, it's business as usual for payday lenders, now considered essential services during the pandemic.
Predatory Payday Lenders Are Openly Gloating About Buying Influence from Trump
Rich people know a friend when they see one.
This Is What Trump Quietly Screwing the Poor Looks Like
Predators who target desperate people with payday loans were going to get regulated. Then they threw some money around.
Millennials are trapped in debt
Many young Canadians are relying on payday loans to clear their outstanding debt
All the Money Stuff They Should Have Taught You at School
First off, stop listening to your parents. Statistically, they don't know shit.
Is It OK to Live Your Whole Life in Debt?
In this week's podcast we talk to Miquita Oliver about declaring yourself bankrupt, and ask if you're actually poor if you take Ubers everywhere but live in your overdraft.
How Predatory Payday Lenders Plot to Fight Government Regulation
At the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, payday lenders strategized about how to keep profiting on the backs of regular people.
Proposed New Rules Could Put Predatory Payday Loan Companies Out of Business
The US agency charged with protecting consumers from financial abuse unveiled a proposal on Thursday that would limit short-term borrowings known as "payday" loans, which can carry interest rates as high as 390 percent.
Inside the Battle Over Florida's Racially-Charged Payday Loan Racket
The feds are set to issue new rules on cash loans taken out by the working poor. So why are Sunshine State lawmakers standing in their way?
How Payday Loan Companies Are Ruining Students' Lives
One in ten British students have resorted to payday loans to get them through college, and with lenders actively targeting those whose student loan hardly covers food and shelter, the situation is only going to get worse.