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On AlterNet: predatory lending

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "predatory lending"

Flush with Cash From Bank Lobbyists, Conservative Dems Are Killing the Consumer Protection We All Need

Flush with Cash From Bank Lobbyists, Conservative Dems Are Killing the Consumer Protection We All Need

Zach Carter, AlterNet. October 1, 2009.
Wall Street-influenced Democrats may not act as nutty as their GOP counterparts, but they're dealing out the same economic damage.

Online Payday Loan Industry Wants to Keep Charging Obscene Interest Rates

Online Payday Loan Industry Wants to Keep Charging Obscene Interest Rates

Lagan Sebert, David Murdock, Huffington Post, American News Project. June 5, 2009.
More people than ever are using payday loans to keep bill collectors at bay, paying annual rates as high as 700%.

America's Debt Complex: FBI Finally Cracks Down on Mortgage Crime Wave

America's Debt Complex: FBI Finally Cracks Down on Mortgage Crime Wave

Danny Schechter, AlterNet. June 24, 2008.
With trillions already lost, is the FBI's action too little too late?

Supreme Court gives gift to predatory lenders

Supreme Court gives gift to predatory lenders

Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. April 19, 2007.
Nathan Newman: State banking laws have just been thrown out the window.

The Myth of the Risky Sub-Prime Borrower

The Myth of the Risky Sub-Prime Borrower

Mark Winston Griffith, AlterNet. April 9, 2007.
Money lending institutions have tarred entire segments of the population as credit unworthy through the mortgage industry's own discriminatory, irresponsible -- and now reckless -- behavior.

Attack of the Mortgage Vultures

Attack of the Mortgage Vultures

Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive. April 5, 2007.
Over the last decade, we have been witnessing some of the most brazen acts of mortgage entrapment ever to hit the American housing market.