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RED ROCK, Okla. – Joshua Wrenn needed money to make the January payment for his Jeep Cherokee. The truck driver and aspiring country singer in Madison, North Carolina, got $800 within minutes from a ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will release a set of sweeping proposals Thursday aimed at reshaping the market for payday loans and other types of expensive credit that both the agency and ...

Ohio supposedly rid itself of payday loans. But visit just about any storefront that used to offer the short-term, high-cost loans, and you'll find a mighty similar product. It's just not called a ...

Credit counselors say North Texas families in financial distress often turn to emergency loans, including payday and title loans, only to find that short-term lenders are often unwilling to help them ...

Payday loans seem like a convenient way to get some extra cash when you need it most before your next check arrives, but that convenience could come at a higher cost than you anticipated. These loans ...

A top regulator is vowing to curtail short-term, high-cost consumer loans at federally chartered credit unions. Debbie Matz, the chairman of the National Credit Union Administration, promised action ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Local businessman Richard Moseley, who ran a fraudulent payday lending scheme, is required to pay a civil money fee of $1, because he's unable to pay back the $69 million he made ...

Getting a payday loan when you have bad credit can seem nearly impossible when dealing with traditional lenders, as they often reject applications based on credit scores. This leaves many turning to ...

Payday loan outlets with interest rates of up to 521% are so prevalent in Mississippi that they outnumber McDonald's restaurants by more than 5 to 1, USA TODAY has found. The Mississippi Center for ...