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and Jim Rankin
In North Carolina, a credit union is doing what the government couldn't — freeing people from the payday loan trap.
For less than $5, members of the North Carolina State Employees Credit
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carried annualized interest rates ranging from 390 to 891 per cent.
In 2007, the federal government amended the law to allow the provinces and territories to regulate the payday loan industry and place
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Robert Benzie
Consumer-protection rules capping the interest that can be charged on payday loans have now taken effect.
The Ontario government has moved forward with sweeping changes sparked in part
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, which prohibits lenders from charging more than 60 per cent interest rates. Provincial governments have shown no interest in cracking down on payday loan shops. Federal politicians, while deliberating
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stumps government
No legislation addresses the concerns of labourers who lost thousands in office-cleaning ‘partnership’
Rita Daly
Is it an illegal franchise? A business scam? A company violating labour
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of these mortgages are not enforceable,"" he said.
The New Zealand Herald
May 25, 2008
Blue Chip loans disputed
Jane Phare
Auckland barrister Paul Dale plans to apply for injunctions against finance companies
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. But with the manufacturer on life support, dealers are more vulnerable.
“Now, with government loans, who knows what they can and cannot do?” Kimmel said.
SB 497 would have required automakers that terminate
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shuts a Boston MailBoxes Etc.
Officials Say Store Made Loans Running to 467 Percent
BOSTON (AP) — The "Etc." in a downtown Boston Mailboxes Etc. store stood for shipping, packing services and, according
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January 20, 2009
Couple tell of fight for loan promises
Maria Slade
The first a customer of Wizard Home Loans in Henderson knew that the Serious Fraud Office was investigating the branch was when he read
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Ditchburn
OTTAWA—The Conservative government is preparing to introduce legislation that will rein in Canada's mushrooming payday loan industry, delegating power to the provinces to regulate the business
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