Payday Loans Explained

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Predatory Lending and Payday Loans

Predatory lending is a very broad concept but can be defined as the practice of lending in a fraudulent and abusive manner. This means that lenders take advantage of people who are in need of finances and have bad credit history and often become the “prey”. Predatory lending practices are usually prevalent among short term

Payday Loans Glossary of Terms: Part – IV

This is a continuation of the third part of the glossary of terms related to payday loans in particular. This may help you in filtering the jargon out of the subject matter and understand the terminology used in payday loans. Hope you find this part of the compilation as useful as the previous one. Prepaid debit

Payday Loans Glossary of Terms: Part – III

This is a continuation of the second part of the glossary of terms related to payday loans. Hope you find it beneficial in understanding the subject and perhaps save money and avoid personal debt through awareness and knowledge of the jargon and technicalities involved in payday lending. Online payday loan: This sort of loan is obtainable

Payday Loans: Glossary of Terms – Part I

Payday loans have come under a lot of criticism in the United States and in many countries because of their predatory lending practices and other shady acts that are detrimental to people who are in the low income group and can only rely on payday loans for their credit needs. Here is a compilation of

Payday Loans Glossary of Terms: Part – II

This is the continuation of the first part of the glossary of terms related to payday loans. Hope you find it useful if and when you decide to choose such type of loans. Credit reporting agency (CRA): They assemble financial data about borrowers. The three chief credit reporting organizations in the United States are Equifax, TransUnion,

Refund Anticipation Loans: A Better Alternative

A Refund Anticipation Loan (RAL) is one in which the short-term loan is secured by the taxpayers expected tax refund and is structured so as to give customers who are waiting for their tax refund quicker access to the same. These can be an alternative ...