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Payday Loans = Costly Cash
Also called cash advance loans, check advance loans, or deferred deposit check loans, these high interest loans are usually expensive. 2000 article from the Federal Trade Commission.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/pdayalrt.htm
Bankrate.com
Rates, articles, and other basic information about consumer lending.
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/rate/personal_home.asp
Cosigning A Loan
1997 article that describes risks and provides guidance regarding co-borrowers, from the Federal Trade Commission.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/cosign.htm
Easy Credit? Not So Fast
The truth about advance-fee loan scams, where you pay first and get the loan later. 1999 article from the Federal Trade Commission.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/loans.htm
Steps in availing a personal loan in the UK
Timesofmoney.com offers detailed instructions on obtaining consumer financing.
http://www.timesofmoney.com/personal_loan/jsp/ploan_tips.jsp
Officials call payday financing "loan sharking"
1998 article from Bankrate.com about abusive lenders that offer advances on paychecks.
http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/chk/19980217.asp
BankSITE Consumer Guide
Provides information and self-qualification tests for a variety of consumer lending products.
http://www.banksite.com/consumerguide.htm
Rent-A-Bank Payday Lending
Describes how banks help payday lenders evade State consumer protections. 2001 research report by U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
http://www.pirg.org/reports/consumer/payday/2001/index.html
The No-Equity Loan Trap
Article from SmartMoney.com about high loan-to-value loans for homeowners.
http://www.smartmoney.com/debt/advice/index.cfm?story=noequity
Payday Loan Resource
Information on finding reputable cash advance and payday loan lenders as well as what to look for in a lender.
http://www.paydayloanresource.com/
Worse than Loan-Sharking
Article from About.com regarding abuses in the advance payday loans business.
http://credit.about.com/cs/consumerwisdom/a/042100.htm
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