Friday, March 26th, 2010 at
2:36 am
Against Predatory Lenders
Shouldn’t the law protect us from payday lenders? Yes. Has it protected us in the past? Not really, but it now protects more – if only a little more.
Credit card interest rates have been capped at 30% for several years. Even tighter terms on the credit card industry’s terms and fees were applied in the Spring of 2010, via the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act (or Credit CARD Act) of 2009. Unfortunately, pay day loans were not part of that bill.
Pay day loans often charge a flat fee of $25 to up to $200 for a loan on your pay check. These checks are only a few hundred to a few thousand dollars at most. A $25 fee on a $250 check is a 10% interest rate – per pay period! Since that fee is rarely paid off at pay day, the borrower has to pay a new $25 fee. Up to three quarters of those using pay day cash advance services and pay day lending roll these loans into their next pay check. This rolling loan translates into several hundred percent interest paid per year. The current maximum rate is 450%.
The Tennessee House Bill 3111 states that the maximum interest rate will be set at 100%. This is not without precedent, since the military has already set a cap of 36% that pay day lenders can charge military service members.
While this law does not drive the predatory lenders out of the water, it does give Tennesseans a little shark repellent against these predatory practices.
Monday, December 7th, 2009 at
4:46 pm
All of us run into a financial crunch every now and then and especially at the Christmas Holidays. Many people us this type of loan for unexpected expenses such as auto repairs, medical reasons, and much more.
Some disagree with the fees that do along with a pay day loan but they must understand that he payday company needs to make money as well in order to keep these kinds of loans available to our customers when they need it.
It usually takes a few minutes to fill out your application and then your information will be verified and you can receive your pay day loan the next day. There are times when an emergency arises and you need money the same day. This can be done but normally there is an additional fee applied.
There are some payday loan companies that are waving the same day fee for people who need to borrow money for the Christmas holiday. This will make it easier for the customers to get the money when they need it the most without the added fees of same day service.
These payday loans are called that because normally when a person borrows money from them they agree to pay it back on their next pay day. For most of us it is a relief to know that there is cash available if we urgently need it until our next payday.
Monday, November 30th, 2009 at
11:15 am
Nowadays, we do not see any one person without a credit card. Cash advance is one of the options for all credit holders. As such, cash advance was used to give the people actual currency against their current credit balances.
For most credit card users, there is a set amount of cash available for a cash advance. The credit card charges a small percentage of the total amount as a cash advance fee. When a bank first issues your credit card, they provide a set of two numbers, one is cash advance and next one is credit limit.
The simple method to receive cash instantly is to take a cash advance against our credit card. Many electronic banks give the offer to credit card users in the option of cash advance.
And then you need not get the full amount, because you have no money in your account, at the same time the electronic machines give the receipt with current balances in your account.
Another issue is the unauthorized cash advance; it will be used in the same manner as a purchase over the credit limit. In the world most of people like credit cards and debit cards, and both are used to replace the cash.
Some banks give immediate cash payments. But with debit cards, you are generally only allowed to take a low personal loan amount against your account balance in a savings or checking account. This is one of the best options with cash advance against the balance of a credit card.