State Rep. Chris Ross, a Harvard graduate who once landed on a list of Pennsylvania's smartest lawmakers, is butting heads with consumer advocates, churches and others who say his payday loan bill opens the state to predatory...

The Check Cashing and Payday Loan Services industry did well during the recession. As consumers struggled during difficult economic times, they used industry services to advance their paychecks or get quick cash back....

Under-banked Millennials are using alternative financial services such as check-cashing, payday loan companies.

Of the 5 billion adults in the world, staggeringly, only half have a bank account. This is one of the huge findings from a global poll by the World Bank and Gallup, funded by the Gates Foundation. The report, by World Bank...

AUSTIN, Texas and MATTHEWS, N.C., May 10, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- In continuing to execute its retail expansion plans, NetSpend Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTSP) announced today that it has entered into a distribution...

A recent bulletin released by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on April 13, 2012 made it clear that non-prime lending institutions must take steps to ensure that business relationships with service providers they...

Where do you go for a $10,000 loan when you have bad credit? Don't try a storefront lender. Some are closing their doors. Folks with spotty credit histories who are seeking a quick loan can instead find such options online....

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Consumer sentiment increased significantly in March to reach the highest level in more than a year, according to the latest...