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Check out this video, part of Village Engage's Fourth Friday series, in which Susan Stall and Ma’ta Crawford discuss high-cost lending and opportunities to advance more just practices in South Carolina. This video provides the latest updates on proposed legislation in SC and actions you can take.
This video is from the State of the South Convening in February 2024. This specific session from the convening highlights thought leaders including: MDC President and CEO, John Simpkins; Kerri Smith, Self Help Credit Union; Sue Berkowitz, South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center; and Rev. Fedrick A. Wilson, Live Oak AME Church of Vance, SC and South Carolina Respite Coalition.
This report by SC Appleseed takes an in-depth look at the devastating effect high-cost lending has on communities across South Carolina.
Payday loans are used by millions of Americans every year despite their annualized interest rates of several hundred percent. We provide new evidence on the consequences of payday borrowing and the determinants of personal bankruptcy. Using an administrative panel data set of loan records in a regression...
Since 2010, four states—Colorado, Hawaii, Ohio, and Virginia—have passed comprehensive payday loan reforms, saving consumers millions of dollars in fees while maintaining broad access to safer small credit. In these states, lenders profitably offer small loans that are repaid in affordable installments and cost...
A video learning session about the impact of high-cost lending in South Carolina.
Join us in praying to end the debt trap in South Carolina. This handy guide will give you suggested prayers and actions.
Watch how the faith community of
South Dakota successfully kicked
high-cost lenders out of their state.
A new report in the Making Ends Meet series by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, finds that consumers who use a payday, auto title, or pawn loan in one year are often still using that type of loan a year later. Some users of these services have lower cost credit available on credit cards, while others lack access to traditional credit. Among payday, auto title and pawn loan borrowers who experience significant financial shocks, the costs of these shocks often exceed other possible sources of funds.
Each year the state of South Carolina releases a report with anonymous details about all payday loans issued statewide. The report includes the number of loans issued, average amounts, interest & fees, and other details.
To help consumers put recent changes into perspective, the Center for Responsible Lending analyzed the average APR for a $300 loan in each state based on a 14-day loan term. Generally, payday lenders levy a “finance charge” for each loan, which includes service fees and interest, so many times consumers don’t always know exactly how much interest they’re paying.
In 2020, Sisters of Charity Foundation partnered with the Rural & Minority Health Research Center at the University of South Carolina to conduct research that quantitatively assesses the factors that contribute to poverty throughout the state.
A panel discussion about the harm caused by predatory lending in SC and practical ideas on how to address the problem. Presented by SCACED as part of the 2020 Opportunities South Carolina Conference.
CRL conducts in-depth research on the extent and impact of predatory lending, to provide useful information to consumers, community advocates, and policymakers alike. We also share our market and legal knowledge with advocates and policymakers across the nation interested in reforming lending practices and frequently respond to regulators' requests for comments on lending issues.
Morning Consult conducted a survey, commissioned by Center for Responsible Lending, of approximately 10,000 registered voters. The poll is presented as a short Powerpoint-style slide deck with key takeaways, charts, and maps.
Each year, 12 million borrowers spend more than $7 billion on payday loans.
This report—the first in Pew's Payday Lending in America series—answers major questions about who borrowers are demographically; how people borrow; how much they spend; why they use payday loans; what other options they have; and whether state regulations reduce borrowing or simply drive borrowers online.
Payday and car-title loans typically carry annual percentage rates (APR) of at least 300%. These high-cost loans are marketed as quick solutions to a financial emergency. Research demonstrates, however, that they frequently lead to debt that is nearly impossible to escape. In addition, these loans are related to a cascade of other financial consequences, such as increased overdraft fees, delinquency on other bills, involuntary loss of bank accounts, and even bankruptcy. For car-title loans, the end result is too often the repossession of the borrower’s car, a critical asset for many people.
Each year the SC Department of Consumer Affairs publishes a report on the lending marketplace in the state. It provides information and analysis of existing and emerging trends.
About 12 million Americans use payday loans each year, but new research shows these short-term loans could be making borrowers sick. In SSM - Population Health, IPR biological anthropologists Christopher Kuzawa and Thomas McDade outline how payday loans are associated with greater anxiety and more inflammation, which could be a sign of health problems.
In the United States, credit score and payday lending systems have significant implications for public health and racial equity. In 2018, health researchers showed for the first time that using payday loans was associated with poor health, adding to a well-established literature on over-indebtedness and adverse physical and mental health.
You have an opportunity to reach your financial goals. Community Works may be able to help.
Find out who represents you in South Carolina and tell them you support a 36% cap on short-term loans.
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