Google Announces Removal Of All Payday Loan Ads
The payday loan industry has been banned from placing ads on Google. The search engine juggernaut announced that any advertisements related to the business are being removed. Quoting its “keep bad ads...
View ArticleOhio justices: Payday loans unaffected by 2008 law
AP Statehouse Correspondent COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a victory for payday lenders, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a two-week...
View ArticleSame Day Payday Loans: Direct Lender Institution Offers Quick Approval With...
SameDayLender24.com offers same day payday loans direct lender approval with a quick internet-based process for homeowners that had upside down mortgages CHICAGO, Nov. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ --...
View ArticleJohn Oliver & Sarah Silverman Slam Payday Loan 'Motherf***ers' On 'Last Week...
On the latest edition of "Last Week Tonight," John Oliver continued his mission of educating viewers on a little-understood topic that has enormous impact on our culture. Previous episodes have seen...
View ArticleOhio justices: Payday loans unaffected by 2008 law
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In a victory for payday lenders, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a two-week loan to an Elyria man that imposed more...
View ArticleFeds to consider stricter payday-loan rules
WASHINGTON — The federal government will consider new rules aimed at curbing payday-lending abuses by insisting that those making the short-term but high-interest loans first determine whether people...
View ArticleSame Day Payday Loans: Direct Lender Institution Offers Quick Approval With...
SameDayLender24.com offers same day payday loans direct lender approval with a quick internet-based process for homeowners that had upside down mortgages CHICAGO, Nov. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ --...
View ArticleFeds to consider stricter payday-loan rules
WASHINGTON — The federal government will consider new rules aimed at curbing payday-lending abuses by insisting that those making the short-term but high-interest loans first determine whether people...
View ArticlePayday lenders can continue with short-term loans despite 2008 law, Ohio...
Janet Adams Cashland and other payday lenders can continue making short-term loans in Ohio, the Supreme Court has ruled. Staff reporter- Columbus Business First | | | The state’s payday lenders earned...
View ArticleFederal antifraud initiative goes too far, banks say
The goal of the Justice Department's Operation Choke Point was logical enough: Instead of the Whac-A-Mole approach to shutting down companies scamming consumers online, go after the financial...
View ArticleNew York State Makes New Efforts to Combat Payday Lenders
Curbing abusive payday lending practices can sometimes resemble a game of Whac-A-Mole: every time regulators manage to push down one method the industry uses, another new method seems to crop up....
View ArticleSolving the problems of payday loans
A new study from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a related field hearing in Nashville have put payday lending in the national spotlight, demonstrating most loans are made to borrowers who...
View ArticleThere’s holes in them thar properties
My recent mention of an abandoned coal mine lurking under Chapel Hill Mall widened the eyes of Steve Porpora, who knows more about old Ohio coal mines than anyone who has ever emailed me about them....
View ArticleBofA to use NY state database to flag illegal payday loans
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp has become the first big bank to agree to use a New York regulator's database to ensure it does not process illegal payments from payday lenders to state...
View ArticleWhat This Means for You
By Jocelyn Baird, NextAdvisor.com It's no secret that the payday loan industry is rife with predatory payday lenders. Even lenders that aren't inherently predatory still often use practices which leave...
View ArticlePayday Lenders Are Using The Internet To Evade State Law>
Borrowing from any payday lender can be a risky endeavor. Borrowing from one online can be downright perilous. The pitfalls of borrowing from storefront payday lenders -- companies that offer...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Pennsylvania should resist the lure of payday loans
Express-Times File Photo Like a bad penny, the effort to bring back high-cost, short-term payday loans is making another appearance in the Pennsylvania Senate. The House of Representatives gave its...
View ArticleFeds to consider stricter payday-loan rules
WASHINGTON — The federal government will consider new rules aimed at curbing payday-lending abuses by insisting that those making the short-term but high-interest loans first determine whether people...
View ArticleCalifornia enlists Google and Microsoft in war on unlicensed payday lenders
California officials are getting help from Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. to hold back a flood of Internet ads by unlicensed payday lenders — companies that often charge excessive fees to borrowers...
View ArticleLoophole hurts payday loan borrowers in Ohio
Thousands of financially vulnerable Ohioans take out high-cost, predatory loans each year. These loans have interest rates so high that borrowers may never be able to pay them back, trapping many...
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