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How the Other Half Banks
Author : Mehrsa Baradaran
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674495446
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)
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Download or read book How the Other Half Banks written by Mehrsa Baradaran and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States has two separate banking systems today—one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else. How the Other Half Banks contributes to the growing conversation on American inequality by highlighting one of its prime causes: unequal credit. Mehrsa Baradaran examines how a significant portion of the population, deserted by banks, is forced to wander through a Wild West of payday lenders and check-cashing services to cover emergency expenses and pay for necessities—all thanks to deregulation that began in the 1970s and continues decades later. “Baradaran argues persuasively that the banking industry, fattened on public subsidies (including too-big-to-fail bailouts), owes low-income families a better deal...How the Other Half Banks is well researched and clearly written...The bankers who fully understand the system are heavily invested in it. Books like this are written for the rest of us.” —Nancy Folbre, New York Times Book Review “How the Other Half Banks tells an important story, one in which we have allowed the profit motives of banks to trump the public interest.” —Lisa J. Servon, American Prospect
The Unbanking of America
Author : Lisa Servon
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0544611187
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)
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Download or read book The Unbanking of America written by Lisa Servon and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why Americans are fleeing our broken banking system: “Startling and absorbing…Required reading for fans of muckraking authors like Barbara Ehrenreich.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) What do an undocumented immigrant in the South Bronx, a high-net-worth entrepreneur, and a twentysomething graduate student have in common? All three are victims of our dysfunctional mainstream bank and credit system. Nearly half of all Americans live from paycheck to paycheck, and income volatility has doubled over the past thirty years. Banks, with their high monthly fees and overdraft charges, are gouging their lower- and middle-income customers while serving only the wealthiest Americans. Lisa Servon delivers a stunning indictment of America’s banks, together with eye-opening dispatches from inside a range of banking alternatives that have sprung up to fill the void. She works as a teller at RiteCheck, a check-cashing business in the South Bronx, and as a payday lender in Oakland. She looks closely at the workings of a tanda, an informal lending club. And she delivers engaging, hopeful portraits of the entrepreneurs reacting to the unbanking of America by designing systems to creatively serve those outside the one percent. “Valuable evidence on the fragility of the personal economies of most Americans these days.”—Kirkus Reviews “An intelligent plea for financial justice…[An] excellent book.”—The Christian Science Monitor
Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock
Author : Sheila Bair
Publisher : Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN 13 : 0807593206
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)
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Download or read book Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock written by Sheila Bair and published by Albert Whitman & Company. This book was released on 2017-02-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2010 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award Master List (Kansas Reading Association) 2009 Association for Gerontology in Higher Education Book Award for Children's Literature on Aging for Primary Readers Rock and Brock may be twins, but they are as different as two twins can be. One day, their grandpa offers them a plan—for ten straight weeks on Saturday he will give them each one dollar. But there is a catch! "Listen now, for here's the trick, each buck you save, I'll match it quick. But spend it, there’s no extra dough, so save your cash, and watch it grow." Rock is excited—there are all sorts of things he can buy for one dollar! So each week he spends his money on something different—an inflatable moose head, green hair goo, white peppermint wax fangs. But while Rock is spending his money, Brock is saving his. And each week when Rock gets just one dollar, Brock’s savings get matched. By the end of summer, Brock has five hundred and twelve dollars, while Rock has none. When Rock sees what his brother has saved, he realizes he has made a mistake. But Brock shows him that it is never too late to start saving.
The Cost of Payday Loans
Author : Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)
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Download or read book The Cost of Payday Loans written by Financial Consumer Agency of Canada and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Banking the Poor
Author :
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821377558
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)
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Download or read book Banking the Poor written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banking the Poor explores level and determinants of financial access in 54 countries, mostly in Africa. It collects information from two sources: central banks and leading commercial banks in each surveyed country. It explores associations between countries' banking policies and practices and their levels of financial access, measured in terms of the numbers of bank account per thousand adults. It builds on the previous work measuring financial access through information from regulators, from banks, and also from users' perspectives in household surveys.
The Real Cost of Payday Lending
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)
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Download or read book The Real Cost of Payday Lending written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1990s payday lending businesses have become increasingly prolific in most parts of Canada, including Calgary. The payday loan industry claims that they provide a needed service at a reasonable cost and do not target those living on low incomes or push customers for repeat business. Social agencies and advocates working to reduce poverty view payday lenders and other fringe financial businesses as problematic for those looking to exit the cycle of poverty. Payday lenders charge interest rates that, when annualized, top 400%. The industry justifies this by stating that comparisons to an annual rate are unfair as loans are not meant to or allowed to last longer than two months. However, the fact remains that these businesses charge far more for credit than mainstream financial institutions and are more prevalent in lower income neighbourhoods.
Payday Loan Business Start-Up
Author : Ben Henry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)
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Download or read book Payday Loan Business Start-Up written by Ben Henry and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-23 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you looking to start a recession-proof business that will last through even hard economic times? A payday loan broker cash advance business is the solution. My book, Payday Loan Business Start-Up, I will show you how to start a payday loan business from scratch. Small, short-term money lending provides a service that people desperately need to make ends meet or pay an unexpected expense. A payday loan business is easy to start. I will take you through the process of beginning a payday cash advance loan business from start-up to the daily running. I'll show you how to hire great employees, how to determine your profit, and how to write an ironclad business plan. You'll be up and running in no time! A payday loan business is a durable business venture. I got my first taste of personal money lending with my entrepreneurial father. He owned a pawnshop before he started a payday loan business. I have been an integral part of his companies for years before myself owning three successful payday loans businesses. I am now a consultant and teacher to other budding business owners in my area. I have never had an issue starting, running, or growing a personal money lending/payday cash advance loan business in the past two decades. That's how durable this business is! Research and read all you can about the payday loans industry. This book offers a guide and secrets on how to start your payday loan business and turn your capital into a lucrative venture. To make the most of this book, read carefully through every page while taking short notes for later reference. I would also encourage you to continue your research and read everything that you possibly can get your hands on about this business. Knowledge is power, especially when you're entering into a brand new business venture. My Book will Teach You Specifically How to Start a Payday Loan Business. Other books on this subject do not seem to give enough information on the loan broker industry. My book will teach you to start, run, and grow your business from idea to launch. You learn about the following topics: Definitions of industry terms The history of payday loans How payday loans work How to get a payday loan as a customer The application process Risks associated with a payday loan business and how to avoid them Skills needed to start a payday loans business Establishing a payday loans business Picking a business structure Setting up a limited liability company (LLC) Decide on your brand strategy How to register your business name How to collect different types of customer data How to conduct a feasibility study How to find your target market Understand the competition Determining income potential Understanding financial terms with payday loans A specific list of start-up costs Finding start-up funds Researching the right commercial locations How to create a business plan How to create a marketing plan How to conduct market analysis Different marketing strategies Understanding legal regulations on the federal and state level What to look for when hiring a lawyer and how to save on legal bills Hiring employees All about marketing and advertising Understanding the payday loan process from the lender's point of view If you want to get ahead with starting your new payday loan business, I suggest that you don't hesitate to click that "Buy Now" button and add this title to your cart today. Don't waste another second thinking about this - take action for your future!
Payday Loans and Consumer Financial Health
Author : Federal Reserve Federal Reserve Board
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781503283510
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)
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Download or read book Payday Loans and Consumer Financial Health written by Federal Reserve Federal Reserve Board and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a two-week $300 payday advance loan, payday lenders typically charge in excess of $45, a cost so high that many believe the loan could not possibly be in the best interest of the borrower. Nevertheless, some estimates indicate that payday loan volume grew more than fivefold to almost $50 billion from the late 1990s to the mid 2000s (Stegman 2007). With the recent rise of the payday lending industry, questions abound about the characteristics and circumstances of payday loan borrowers, and the ultimate impact of such loans on their welfare. Interest in payday lending has grown among economists in particular because of the possibility that transactions in this market may reflect a market failure due to asymmetric information or borrowers' cognitive biases or limitations, or demonstrate divergence in behavior from traditional models (hyperbolic discounting, for example). In 2007, Congress and the Department of Defense moved to ban payday lending to members of the military based on the view that such lending traps service members in a cycle of debt and threatens military readiness.2 And in 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to help regulate the market for consumer financial products, including the payday loan market. Historically, regulation of payday lending to the general population has often come at the state level, but the CFPB has authority to write and enforce new federal regulations to the extent that they judge payday loans to be "unfair, deceptive or abusive," and they have recently suggested that new consumer protections in the payday loan market may be forthcoming (CFPB 2013). In this paper, I draw on nationally representative panel data comprised of individual credit records, as well as Census data on the location of payday loan shops at the ZIP code level, to test whether payday loans affect consumers' financial health. I use credit scores and score changes, as well as other credit record variables, as measures of financial health. Credit scores conveniently summarize one's credit history, and previous research suggests payday loan usage could affect credit scores. Importantly, use of and performance on payday loans does not directly affect traditional credit scores (such as the FICO score). Rather, payday loans can affect scores indirectly to the extent that such loans either improve or undermine consumers' ability to manage cash flow and meet their financial obligations in general.
Fringe Banking
Author : John P. Caskey
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610441133
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)
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Download or read book Fringe Banking written by John P. Caskey and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 1994-08-24 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cogently argued, fills an important gap in the literature, and is accessible to undergraduates." —Choice "Dismantles the mythology surrounding pawnshops and check-cashing outlets, and demonstrates that they are no longer on the fringe of our financial system but integral to it."—San Francisco Bay Guardian In today's world of electronic cash transfers, automated teller machines, and credit cards, the image of the musty, junk-laden pawnshop seems a relic of the past. But it is not. The 1980s witnessed a tremendous boom in pawnbroking. There are now more pawnshops thanever before in U.S. history, and they are found not only in large cities but in towns and suburbs throughout the nation. As John Caskey demonstrates in Fringe Banking, the increased public patronage of both pawnshops and commercial check-cashing outlets signals the growing number of American households now living on a cash-only basis, with no connection to any mainstream credit facilities or banking services. Fringe Banking is the first comprehensive study of pawnshops and check-cashing outlets, profiling their operations, customers, and recent growth from family-owned shops to such successful outlet chains as Cash American and ACE America's Cash Express. It explains why, despite interest rates and fees substantially higher than those of banks, their use has so dramatically increased. According to Caskey, declining family earnings, changing family structures, a growing immigrant population, and lack of household budgeting skills has greatly reduced the demand for bank deposit services among millions of Americans. In addition, banks responded to 1980s regulatory changes by increasing fees on deposit accounts with small balances and closing branches in many poor urban areas. These factors combined to leave many low- and moderate-income families without access to checking privileges, credit services, and bank loans. Pawnshops and check-cashing outlets provide such families with essential financial services thay cannot obtain elsewhere. Caskey notes that fringe banks, particularly check-cashing outlets, are also utilized by families who could participate in the formal banking system, but are willing to pay more for convenience and quick access to cash. Caskey argues that, contrary to their historical reputation as predators milking the poor and desperate, pawnshops and check-cashing outlets play a key financial role for disadvantaged groups. Citing the inconsistent and often unenforced state laws currently governing the industry, Fringe Banking challenges policy makers to design regulations that will allow fringe banks to remain profitable without exploiting the customers who depend on them.
