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How you can help stop the debt trap
Payday loans are scary. And frankly they’re not just scary, they should also be illegal. Payday loans trap Americans, especially lower-income [...]
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Should saving still be a priority if I have debt?
Which should you do first: build your emergency savings fund or pay down debt? Right now… 56% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck [...]
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What Does Financial Freedom Mean to You?
We talk a lot about financial freedom over here in the office… What does financial freedom really mean? How do you know you’ve achieved [...]
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Which is Better: Early Wage Access or Small-Dollar Loan Program?
I’d argue the worst possible way to get a loan is through a payday lender. Would you agree? If you have used a payday lender before, you know [...]
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4 Ways Predatory Lending Negatively Affects Employee Engagement
Predatory lenders use unfair and deceptive practices that mislead people into taking out loans that aren’t in their best interest. A common [...]
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Predatory Lending: Where Employees Turn When They Have High Debt and No Savings
Every year, roughly 12 million Americans take payday loans out, which is the worst predatory lending practice. This type of loan is typically for [...]
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Loans with No Credit Check: Harmful or Helpful?
Credit in the United States is integral to the development of the consumer economy. Put simply, credit allows you to borrow money or [...]
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The Difference Between Employer-Sponsored Personal Loans and Earned Income Advances
As the economic crisis continues to grow, more Americans are experiencing an overwhelming sense of financial stress and despair. Millions [...]
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How The New Changes to FICO Can Impact Your Financial Future
Recent changes to the FICO score, the most widely used credit score in the world, are likely to affect the score of millions of consumers, and [...]
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How to Identify and Avoid Predatory Lenders
A predatory lender is one who lends money – often referred to as a payday loan – with the intention of profiting from the loan and ignores or [...]
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