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Lending to the poor not only barely happens, it’s a market overrun with predatory lenders. I remember an ad that used to run on late night TV that buried someth
by jsmthrowaway 9y ago
Lending to the poor not only barely happens, it’s a market overrun with predatory lenders. I remember an ad that used to run on late night TV that buried something like 150% APR in the fine print, attempting to avoid US regulation by nature of being operated on a Native American reservation.
Who took them down, you ask? That oh so useless CFPB.
Edit: Here they are. Look at the image of this woman’s loan:
https://www.freep.com/story/money/personal-finance/susan-tompor/2015/09/24/western-sky-cash-call-michigan-refund/72733064/ https://www.freep.com/story/money/personal-finance/susan-tom...
- YawningAngel 9y agoI don't understand why reservations are allowed to assert sovereign immunity while acting as commercial entities