Payday lenders' practices unfair
Type:
Press Coverage
Published Date:
February 17, 2008
Author:
Denver Post
Back in 2000, the Colorado legislature gave a valuable gift to an industry that specializes in short-term loans. Lawmakers exempted so-called payday lenders from state laws capping interest rates at 45 percent. Payday lending operations exploded in Colorado, and today they charge customers, primarily the working poor, annual interest rates of about 350 percent. ...
