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Payday Loans
Published: 03/11/2010
Payday loans are typically small, short-term loans (usually two weeks, or until payday) provided by cash advance stores, with one-time fees attached -- generally $15 to $25 per $100 borrowed. Nearly unknown 15 years ago, payday loan stores now in some place outnumber fast food franchises.
A borrower usually writes a check for the amount borrowed plus the fee, postdated to the next payday. If he can't pay the full amount then, he might roll the loan over, paying just the fee --- say, $110 on a $500 loan --- and agreeing to pay the $610 -- the $500 balance plus another $110 fee -- in another two weeks. Consumer advocates and some lawmakers criticize payday loans as predatory, because fees correspond to annual interest rates of 300 percent and up.
