Payday loan robbers abound
The payday loan police have been pretty busy lately, tracking down and locking up men who are suspected of robbing multiple businesses, including several payday loan stores.
The first payday loan store robbery story I have for you comes out of Indiana, where a man is accused of [...]
British Columbia bill caps interest rates
Starting this fall, interest rates that can be charged on payday loans in British Columbia will be capped at 23 percent.
Unlike most legislation in the United States, the British Columbia law doesn’t cap the annual interest rate; it caps the interest that can be charged [...]
Man robs hotels, payday loans store
Police in Mesa, Ariz., are seeking a man who began a string of robberies at a payday loans store. The same suspect is believed to have robbed three hotels and a drug store.
The crime spree begins
The string of robberies began Feb. 6 at the payday [...]
Sunshine through the rain
Payday loans give consumers short-term good news when it comes to digging out of a financial hole. However, long term prospects in the job market have yet to rise up and begin the upward climb.
Too often these days, the news in the American job market is discouraging. [...]
Politicians anything but fair with payday loans
Payday loans remain an issue in Arizona. Consumers want them, politicians who represent themselves and their squeaky wheel interest groups ahead of average constituents want them out. This legislation wastes taxpayer time over how payday loan and other legislation can make the ballot.
Daniel Scarpinato [...]
“Tucson surprise” interrupts Super Bowl
Cash Advance Mojo has heard, but he still doesn’t believe. This beats Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction by a country mile.
$3 million for 30 seconds
But first, let’s set the stage. Television advertising during the Super Bowl is more expensive than it is at any other time of [...]
Payday loans in Arizona after Prop 200? It could happen. This is the conclusion of “Payday Loans for Arizona | Repealing Prop 200.” Click here if you missed the beginning of the article.
Freedom of Payday Loan Choice
Mr. Pearce sounds like he has a great deal more perspective, or at least [...]
“What’s All the Commotion About?”
Payday loans are still a hot topic in Arizona, where the pain of Proposition 200 is still felt. In a recent “Letters to the Editor” in the Arizona Republic, those in favor of banning lenders from operating in the state past 2010 are out in full [...]
Proposition 200 is coming up for a vote on November 4, and Arizona media is doing their best to cast unwarranted aspersions on an industry – short term installment loans – that wants to maintain its livelihood and continue to compete with other financial institutions in the spirit of the [...]
Cash Advance, that is.
Arizona’s Proposition 200. Get the facts.
Here’s someone who seems to get it. Jakob Hansen, an undergrad student, made his opinion about Arizona’s Proposition 200 known in a letter to the editor of the Arizona State University Web Devil.
One thing critics of the payday advance lending industry [...]
A controversial news story
If you’ve been reading my blog entries for a little bit of time, you know that I’m a sucker for a controversial news story. My desires were fed this morning with an article from USA Today’s website entitled, “NYC teachers sue to wear political buttons in [...]
A Persistent State of Tough Ballots
On November 4, 2008, we will not only find out who our new leader for the next four years is, but we’ll learn the fate of several controversial things in a number of states.
In Washington State, for example, lawmakers wish to enact a measure that [...]
Ante up!
With a national election just over a month away, the ante has been upped in the ways that candidates are bashing not just their opponents’ (lack of) credibility, but they as people. As a matter of fact, I haven’t been able to watch an hour’s worth of nightly news [...]