Mississippi Business Journal » Carol B. Penick http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Consumers deserve protection http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/10/consumers-deserve-protection/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=consumers-deserve-protection http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/10/consumers-deserve-protection/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 06:00:59 +0000 For the MBJ http://msbusiness.com/?p=31688 On Oct. 3, 2010, Mississippi Business Journal editorial (“Payday loans won’t go away”) described payday lending as a “scheme.” Well, we would agree. But we would also describe these loans as “predatory” and “debt traps.” And the Women’s Fund of Mississippi is not alone in our disdain for payday lending. In 2006, the Department of [...]

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