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Did you know that financing for the lower class can be as expensive as 25% of their monthly budget. Simply borrowing money has an average APR on payday loans of
by VinLucero 7y ago
Did you know that financing for the lower class can be as expensive as 25% of their monthly budget. Simply borrowing money has an average APR on payday loans of 400%.
People choose these loans because:
1) the simple dollar costs mask the actual APR due to relatively complex calculations.
2) the effective APR of multiple $40 overdrafts is actually higher cost than a 400% payday loan.
Long story short, these people are acting rationally in an irrational system.
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