Trump to Payday Lenders: Let’s Rip America Off Once More
Trump to Payday Lenders: Let’s Rip America Off Once More
Their big bank donors are probably ecstatic.
Daniel Moattar
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Whenever South Dakotans voted 3–to–1 to ban payday advances, they need to have hoped it could stick. Interest in the predatory money improvements averaged an eye-popping 652 percent—borrow a buck, owe $6.50—until the state axed them in 2016, capping rates at a fraction of this in a decisive referendum.
Donald Trump’s finance czars had another concept. In November, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (combined with the much more obscure workplace associated with Comptroller associated with the money) floated a loophole that is permanent payday loan providers that could really result in the Southern Dakota legislation, and others, moot—they could launder their loans through out-of-state banking institutions, which aren’t susceptible to state caps on interest. […]