Payday Loans – Are They Your Enemy?
If you’re in trouble, a payday loan will only get you into more trouble. There are many reasons why you should avoid payday loan companies. Because of laws that have recently been passed in an attempt to regulate the industry, payday loan companies have gotten more creative in developing ways to take more of your [...]
The Cost Of Ignoring Student Loan Payments
Each year, more than $95 billion is borrowed to pay for college education, with $17 billion coming from private lenders. Unlike direct federal loans, which can be deferred for months or even years after graduation, private lenders expect student loan payments to be made immediately. Once due, remittance must be made regardless if one is [...]
The Basics of Getting a Loan if You have Bad Credit
Bad credit is like the balding cousin that comes to holiday parties once a year, smelling of cheap booze and Marlboros, everyone would just rather ignore its existence. Unfortunately, just like everyone knows someone like that, everyone knows someone who has bad credit, and since ignoring it will never make it go away, it must [...]
Blue Hippo
The services offered by Blue Hippo have been poignantly characterized as both sleazy and a $15 million scam. Whether this turns out to be an accurate depiction may depend on the ability of the company to act responsibly to court orders prompted by Federal Trade Commission investigations. The company offers computer layaway plans to a [...]