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I was curious about the markets you described--mortgage and payday. You're right about mortgages being a huge market($10.3 trillion in mortgage debt). [0] Payd
by heymijo 7y ago
I was curious about the markets you described--mortgage and payday. You're right about mortgages being a huge market($10.3 trillion in mortgage debt). [0]
Payday loans:
> In fact, U.S. consumers borrow almost $90 billion every year in short-term, small-dollar loans that typically range from $300 to $5,000, according to a 2018 report from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). [1]
> “Right now, 80 percent of payday loans are taken out within two weeks of a previous payday loan.” [1]
Much smaller by comparison, but yeah, the moral context is still there and it's egregious.
[0] https://www.magnifymoney.com/blog/mortgage/u-s-mortgage-market-statistics-2018/ https://www.magnifymoney.com/blog/mortgage/u-s-mortgage-mark...
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-14/expensive-loans-to-desperate-people-built-this-90-billion-industry https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-14/expensive...
- wazoox 7y agoSuch usury loans are absolutely illegal in civilised countries, for instance [almost] everywhere in Europe. Just saying. (edit: not in the UK, which is rapidly sailing away).
- vageli 7y ago> Such usury loans are absolutely illegal in civilised countries, for instance everywhere in Europe. Just saying. This is proved untrue with minimal searching online. Here's one example: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/just-when-you-thought-youd-read-it-all-about-payday-loan-sharks-i-borrowed-%C2%A3100-for-a-night-out-and-ended-up-owing-%C2%A319000/ar-BBNQJga https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/just-when-you-thought-... Also search "payday loan $EU_COUNTRY" to see some pretty insane rates (>1000%).
- testvox 7y agoWhere is it illegal in Europe?