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  • My proposal to Congress to reform personal Credit.


    InvestmentWatch — Authority Authority: 157
    1. As for Credit Card issuers, any Credit Card deemed to be charging Usary rates (including an average APR above 18% or a combination of use fees and APR) shall be barred from reporting to National Credit Agencies. Those engaged in Usary should be treated like pawn brokers or Payday Loan sharks. America must ...
    4 days ago

  • Banks a millstone round societys neck


    A World to Win — Authority Authority: 126
    Nine million people in the UK don’t have access to credit from banks, so have no choice but to use rip-off lenders. The cost of a £100 loan with a company such as Provident Financial can be £49.50 – nearly 50% of the amount borrowed, or an APR of 545.2%. A loan from a payday lender costs even more; to borrow ...
    1 week ago


  • Currency Forex Trading Blog — Authority Authority: 156
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  • Universities Step In On Student Loan Delay


    Fair Loan Rate! — Authority Authority: 140
    In order to help out those students who are still waiting for their loans, many universities in England and Wales have started to use their hardship funds. As the Student Loans Company (SLC) has yet to process loan applications that should have made cash available in September, thousands of students had to get ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Banks say Thank You: Loan Shark Rates on Credit Cards


    The Consumer Warning Network — Authority Authority: 118
    By Terry Smilijanich: America’s major financial institutions received billions and billions in taxpayer bailout money last year. How did they repay the favor? Simple - they went to war against their customers by raising interest rates, penalties, and fees on credit cards, ever since. Rate Hike Binge Congress ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Thai Loan sharks threaten families


    PCT Thailand's Free Expatriates Blog — Authority Authority: 151
    Loan sharks threaten families, say debtorsBANGKOK: -- A number of debtors who owe money to illegal lenders yesterday filed complaints with a police division claiming they were intimidated when they could not repay daily high interest rates.Chicken rice vendor Urai Tembang said the debt collectors working for a loan ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Phuket Police crack down on loan sharks


    PCT Thailand's Free Expatriates Blog — Authority Authority: 151
    Phuket Police crack down on loan sharksIN THE RED: The four suspects were all male.The young woman shown to their right was arrested on an unrelated charge.PHUKET CITY: Police are cracking down on loan sharks who offer desperate people high interest loans, sometimes backed up with the threat of violence against those ...
    4 weeks ago

  • How To Stop From Getting Screwed In Your Small Business


    Bob Poole's Water Cooler Hangout — Authority Authority: 124
    A couple of days ago I wrote a post entitled - Insurance Companies Tell Small Business "Youre Too Old and Expensive." This is really serious and it is happening right now. After reading my post, one of my clients called to tell me his insurance company wants to raise his rates 34%. He is outraged and he should be. ...
    5 weeks ago

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