It seems that a payday loan can be without one important aspect, a payday.  That’s right! A payday loan, which are short term loans given to people without any credit check, also gives people loans based on unemployment checks, social security, or just about any check that comes in on a regular basis.

The special report, conducted by the Action News from KEPR in Washington, showed that the national chain lenders would provide a payday loan based on a unemployment check.  Typically, people who are collecting unemployment are without a job, thus the reason it’s called unemployment.  However, this means that a person doesn’t have to have a job in  order to get a payday loan.
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There is so much hype and news going on with the payday loans these days that many people might be confused as to how they really work, where people stand with them, and how to get out of payday loan debt.

Getting payday loans are easy, and many people find it to be even simpler online, as there are no faxes, no credit check, and in most cases, no employment verification required.  People are able to get a payday loans with nothing more than a bank account and id, and the money is deposited in their bank account within hours.  However, since payday loans are so easy to get, what happens if a person isn’t able to pay it back and can payday loans get you in trouble with the law. 
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While surfing the web today I came across an interesting cartoon showing other short term services like video rentals, taxi cabs, and even hotel rooms quoting their prices with an annual percentage rate, or APR. The cartoon was quite funny as it showed what a person would pay for a service like movie rental if the company quoted the price based on what it would cost the person annually regardless if they used it that long or not.  The cartoon was intending to show how absurd it would be to use such a calculation, but yet it’s done everyday for short term loans.
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Better Business Bureau announced last week details about a new payday loan scam that has been targeting people on a national scale. BBB is issuing a warning to those that already have payday loans, those that are thinking about taking out a cash advance, or those have gotten them in the past.  The scam makes an attempt to collect on a payday loan by declaring the loan to be in default and that the caller is a lawyer working for a, non-existent, lender agency and threatens legal action including jail if the loan is not paid back right away.
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Defaulting on any loan is bad news and reflects negatively on a person’s ability to re-pay debt, but not all lenders report defaulting loans or local laws prevent them from doing so.  However, people have to know that there are many consequences to defaulting on cash advance payday loans and that these loans should be taken seriously in order to avoid further headaches, fees, and negative credit history.   We’ve had people ask us, “what if I default on my payday loan”, what do I do?
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There is a lot of political debate as well as power teetering about payday loans these days and whether or not to continue regulating them, ban them altogether, or make a reasonable way of tracking and distributing these funds so that people don’t find themselves in trouble.  The key argument is that these loans pray on low income people and put them into a cycle of debt that makes it hard to get out of.  The opponents say that this cycle to often leads many to bankruptcy, but can payday loans put you into bankruptcy?

The Consumer for Responsible Lending seems to believe so and they support a campaign Federally to cap payday loans at 36%. 
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Cash Advance Reviews has a new forum, and we are looking for questions, comments, and general thoughts about cash advances and payday loans.  The forum is open to all and we are encouraging lenders, borrowers, critics, and others who would like to weigh in on this topic to register for free and join the discussion.  The following are some ways you can use the new Cash Advance Forum.
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The Obama administration announced Thursday April, 23 2009 that they will be looking into credit card companies and trying to put in place some legislation that will help to curb some of the fine print, unannounced interest rate changes, and yes the biggest headache for many Americans, the high late fees that are charge to accounts with a payment due that is 3 times less that the fee charged.  All we can say is that it’s about time.
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There have been many reports and news over the past few weeks about Congress capping payday loans.  However, there have been a lot of number flying around with these reports, but many of the numbers are just plain wrong, or inaccurate to say the least.  The reason is that many of the critics for payday loans like to use the term APR, or annual percentage rate. This is the formula for calculating long term loans, and what a person pays annually on them given their length of payments. 
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It seems everyone is trying to grab headlines these days, but its one thing to promote a point of view, and quite another to outright mislead people about it.  However, that is exactly what the CRL (Center for Responsible Lending) is doing.  In a recent article posted by the Earthtimes (read it here), they provide details and points that are very accurate and reflect the true structure of short term loans as well as provide many detailed points about why the CRL is misleading people with the press releases.
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There is a lot of buzz going around Twitter today about the payday loans industry and particularly a report about Congress allowing the short term loans industry to charge up to almost 400% industry.

This is because many had suspected that the federal government would step in and put a cap on the loans at around 36%, which is what they capped short term loans at for Military families just a few years ago. However, in a complete turn of events they ended up settling on a cap of about 391%, which is about 10 times higher that was thought.
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This question was presented to us today via Twitter from @steverhode and he wanted to know why payday loan lenders don’t work with debt relief companies or debt management companies.  This is a good question and one that probably gets asked quite a bit so we thought we would take the lead on this topic and try to answer it the best we can.
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New local city search function was just launched at Cash Advance Reviews.  This new search will give users the ability to find local cash advance stores in there area, as well as local laws and resources for each city and state.  The new search function is build on a zip code search, which makes it more customizable and relevant for those that are searching because viewers can search the exact area they want, rather by state or even city.
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There have been many new laws and regulations either proposed, passed, in or in debate over short term loans, often called payday loans.  Many of the people that are bringing up the new laws and debate say that these loans lead to a ‘cycle of debt’ that cannot be broken and eventually lead people to bankruptcy.  However, contrary to popular belief, and to those that are trying to bring this debate to light as well as give it merit, short term loans do not lead to a ‘cycle of debt’ and that they don’t lead to bankruptcy.

A recent study that was conducted over a 6 year period from 200o to 2006, using state data from 1990 to 2006, by Clemson University and others, concluded that short term loans are not the cause of bankruptcies. 
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Personal Loans Versus New Line of Credit

No matter the time of year, holidays or not, the need for additional money may arise. While there are several ways to obtain this extra money, two of the most common ways include opening a new line of credit and taking out a personal loan from a bank. The question posed in this article is – between the two, which is more advantageous? Read on to find out!

Before understanding which is better between a personal loan and new line of credit, it is important to define the two terms as they are closely related. A line of credit is where you have an agreement with a company to borrow a specific amount of unsecured credit for a specific period of time. This amount of money is available for use at any time as long terms of the agreement are met.
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