Predatory lending targets low-income Americans, who are charged sky-high interest rates, fees, and penalties to obtain their loans. We’ve put together a few ways to protect yourself, as well as red ...

Financial problems are unavoidable. Sometimes the money we’ve saved up isn’t enough when we have to make big purchases or to cover for emergencies. Taking out a loan sometimes becomes a necessity when ...

Payday loans have been around since the early 1900s. Car title loans can have interest rates up to 300%, California AG and others try to crack down on "rent-a-bank" loans. Financial watchdog groups ...

A bill that would give Americans more access to lending power in the exploding financial technology, or "fintech," market took a step forward on Wednesday when the House Financial Services Committee ...

KTVU - As millions of Americans are pushed into a state of financial precarity—due to job loss, decreased income and medical bills—some may find themselves the target of predatory lenders taking ...

Springfield’s payday loan industry is thriving off its continuous exploitation of the working poor. Despite the passage of a local ordinance regulating predatory lending in 2020, people are still ...

Predatory mortgage lending is prevalent in rural areas, according to a new policy brief from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. The report, “Subprime and Predatory Lending in ...

Nov. 3, 2020 UPDATE: Proposition 428 passed, an important step toward ending predatory lending practices in Nebraska. June 25, 2020 UPDATE: Today Nebraskans for Responsible Lending announced they have ...

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African American and Latino home buyers are still the victims of predatory lending, the practice of imposing unfair and abusive loan terms on borrowers. According to the ACORN study Separate and ...

The Federal Reserve has lowered the federal funds rate twice in the past four months. These cuts can sometimes help would-be borrowers by reducing interest rates for things like automobile loans or ...