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5 Best Debt Consolidation Loans of 2021
If you have several high-interest loans, debt consolidation can help you manage your finances by combining multiple debts into a single payment. We researched and selected the five best debt consolidation loans to help you get back on…
5 Types of Home Repair Loans: Which is Best For You?
Our goal is to give you the tools and confidence you need to improve your finances. Although we receive compensation from our partner lenders, whom we will always identify, all opinions are our own. Credible Operations, Inc. NMLS #…
Maine Voices: We are parents during COVID. We are tired. And we are the lucky ones
The parents are not well.
I am writing this on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, working from home full time with my children, ages 2 and 4, climbing over me as daycare is closed for the holidays. Entering calendar year 3 of the pandemic, this…
The New Front in the GOP’s War on Voting Rights.
After months of messaging, debate and rallying support around the importance of banning gerrymandering, expanding early voting and ensuring equal access to elections, Senate Democrats have been unable to pass legislation to…
Focus Fintech: A “predominant economic interest” . . . In Illinois and Maine | Morrison &…
Reflecting the increased regulatory scrutiny expected of fintechs engaged in banking partnerships, Illinois and Maine recently enacted laws that place restrictions on fintechs engaged in lending partnerships with banks. Each law…
Jennifer Hogan: Mainers don’t need 160% APR loans
Jennifer Hogan
The Lewiston branch of Community Credit Union is in Maine's second poorest census tract. On a daily basis, we watch Credit Union and community members struggle with situational and generational poverty. We see our…
SEC: payday loan program deprives investors of millions
MIAMI (AP) — The owner of a Miami-based payday loan company has defrauded hundreds of investors out of millions of dollars and repaid others with money he acquired through a Ponzi scheme, according to a newspaper article and federal…
December 9, 2021 – Former Allied Cash Advance Borrowers will begin receiving settlement…
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Payday loans are a problem. Can a public bank be part of the solution?
When the coronavirus first posed a threat to the health and finances of Americans, Tiffany Moore of Forest Park first turned to an installment lender hoping for financial relief.
The good news: She was approved for a $9,500 loan to…
Survey: 90% of borrowers regret having taken out a personal loan
DebtHammer.org results show 80% say their short-term loan has made their financial situation worse rather than helping it
Low-income households find saving impossible, but with the right strategy, it is possible to build an emergency fund…
Three additional permanent licenses issued to French boats
Environment Minister John Young said enough evidence about the boats' history in Jersey waters had been provided.
There are now 116 boats with permanent licenses, while the number of temporary licenses - which expire on January 31 - has…
Research advocates fixes to income-tested reimbursement
Two recent reports highlight the need to reform income-driven plans to repay student loans, as the repayment pause ends early next year and the Department of Education seeks to create a new plan by through the regulatory process.
Among…
Attorney General Bonta: Predatory lending and illegal bank leasing schemes have no place in our…
OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined 20 attorneys general in urging the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, "federal banking…
Congressional repeal highlights problems with risky bank lending partnerships
Following action by bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate, President Joe Biden signed a measure on June 30 that reverses the “true lender” rule, which the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized in…
Wabanaki and his allies ask Mills to sign a gambling bill as a step towards tribal sovereignty
Nations, lawmakers and Wabanaki allies are urging Governor Janet Mills to sign a bill that would allow Maine tribes to conduct gambling operations, arguing that the legislation would represent a step…