May 18, 2013

Hey Dude, What’s Your E-score

Following on to my Acxiom story last week,  check out yesterday’s NYT story on e-scores.  The … [Read more...]

Online Payday Lenders Seek More Respect and Less Oversight: Call Them What You Like, They are Still 1,000% Long-term Loans

On-line lenders who are not tribal or offshore claim that they need the same lack of oversight that … [Read more...]

Payday Loans and the Tribal Sovereignty Model

Think about what happens when you pit tribal sovereign immunity against effective consumer … [Read more...]

Payday Loans and the Tribal Sovereignty Model

Think about what happens when you pit tribal sovereign immunity against effective consumer … [Read more...]

Is Loaning Money at a 350% APR Evil?

In the early part of this year, a new start-up called ZestCash launched. Founded by former Google … [Read more...]

Payday Loans are First Target of New Consumer Protection Chief

Richard Cordray’s first CFPB hearing will be held today and will focus on the practices of payday … [Read more...]

Big Banks Finance Payday Lenders: You Knew that but did you Know some also Make payday loans?

This video is totally worth you 2 minutes. It describes big banks in rather unflattering terms (as … [Read more...]

The FTC File Suit To Crack Down on Abuses by Internet Payday Lenders

I recently presented a paper at the University of San Francisco School of Law, after which Professor … [Read more...]

Minnesota Attorney General Sues 5 Internet Payday Lenders for Automatically Extending Loans

The five lenders, Flobridge Group LLC, Silver Leaf Management and Upfront Payday, all of Utah; and … [Read more...]

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