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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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Should You Consolidate Debt with an Unsecured Loan?
Debt consolidation provides a means for rolling multiple debts with high interest, such as credit cards, into a single payment. When done [...]
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The New Generation of Payday Loans
Around 12 million employees take out a payday loan each year. The average annual salary of these employees is $30,000. With these statistics in [...]
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What Allotment Loans Mean for Government Employees
Allotment loans provide an option for federal government employees who have bad credit to get a loan with favorable terms. There are two types of [...]
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