(Source: NCPA) – Starting this fall, Virginia high schools join a handful of states, including Missouri, Utah and Tennessee, that mandate a class in financial education.
CHICAGO, Aug 17, 2011 (Source: Marketwatch) — Northern Trust, a leading provider of financial services for individuals, families and institutions, announced today that Jason Tyler of Ariel Investments LLC will be named Head of Corporate Strategy and Market Development.
(Source: Bloomberg Businessweek By Roben Farzad) – Can too much cash possibly be a bad thing? Right now the answer is yes. In the U.S., individuals, banks, and the Federal Reserve find themselves locked in a vicious cycle of retrenchment. [...]
(Source: The Washington Post by By Ben Hallman) – To millions of member-customers, credit unions are the financial equivalent of a trusted uncle, dispensing prudent loans for cars, homes, and education without the profit motive of traditional banks.
MINNEAPOLIS (Source: Star Tribune, Minneapolis) – Opus Corp. has quietly settled another federal lawsuit involving accusations the onetime megadeveloper improperly stripped millions of dollars from a subsidiary to fatten the family trust funds of its owners, the Rauenhorst family, and [...]
(Source: By The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.) –Virginia is about to become a go-to state for business in the region. Unfortunately, it’s a nasty business that crushes families and destroys communities with predatory levels of debt. Senate Majority Leader Richard Saslaw [...]
(Source: By Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo) – The Mississippi House’s passage on Tuesday of a bill that would slightly alter the interest limits charged by payday lenders in Mississippi was not what opponents of reauthorizing legislation sought, nor was [...]
(Source: By Bobby Harrison, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, Tupelo) – People who borrow money from payday lenders would have 30 days instead of 14 to pay off their loans under legislation that passed the House Banking and Financial Services Committee [...]
(Source: By Ed Kemmick, Billings Gazette, Mont.) – A voter-passed cap on interest rates that can be charged by payday and car title lenders doesn’t take effect until Jan. 1, but many of the lenders have already gone out of [...]
(Source: By Kimball Payne, Daily Press) Newport News, Va. – Peninsula lawmakers continue to push for tougher rules to keep payday and car title lenders from charging sky high interest rates on short term loans, even with the industry in [...]
(Source: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal) – If you’ve ever borrowed money, you know to shop around for a reasonable interest rate. Today, with good credit, you can find a home mortgage for 4-5 percent annual interest. But if you’re in [...]
Payday loan debts are just like any other debt. But these loans are the riskiest of all. People who qualify and take out a payday loan must be gainfully employed in order to do so. While the fees on this [...]
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