Mississippi Business Journal » payday loans 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 October 22, 2012- Chuck McIntosh http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/21/october-22-2012-chuck-mcintosh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=october-22-2012-chuck-mcintosh http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/21/october-22-2012-chuck-mcintosh/#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:01:54 +0000 Chuck McIntosh http://msbusiness.com/?p=64037

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/21/october-22-2012-chuck-mcintosh/feed/ 0 Starkville says no to new payday lenders http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/23/starkville-says-no-to-new-payday-lenders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=starkville-says-no-to-new-payday-lenders http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/23/starkville-says-no-to-new-payday-lenders/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:40:23 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=34998 STARKVILLE — The city of Starkville will not issue any permits for new payday lenders for at least a year. The board of aldermen voted Tuesday to extend a moratorium that was scheduled to expire on Jan. 1. The moratorium will be in place at least until aldermen adopt a new comprehensive plan. Payday lenders [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/23/starkville-says-no-to-new-payday-lenders/feed/ 0 Survey shows struggle to survive between paychecks http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/19/survey-shows-struggle-to-survive-between-paychecks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=survey-shows-struggle-to-survive-between-paychecks http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/19/survey-shows-struggle-to-survive-between-paychecks/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:00:03 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=34765 More than 1 in 3 Mississippians took out payday loans or other type high-cost, short-term loans in last five years Mississippi’s legislators faced with having to decide whether to renew a payday lending law in 2012 have a new factor to consider:  More Mississippians than ever are living paycheck-to-paycheck. Unless conventional banks make short-term, low-dollar loans [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/19/survey-shows-struggle-to-survive-between-paychecks/feed/ 1 Payday loans won’t go away http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/03/payday-loans-won%e2%80%99t-go-away/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=payday-loans-won%25e2%2580%2599t-go-away http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/03/payday-loans-won%e2%80%99t-go-away/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 06:00:04 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=31346 Ridgeland may have struck a blow against the predatory payday lending business, but be sure the practice will not go away quietly, in Mississippi or anywhere else. The City of Ridgeland’s stricter requirements for new payday lenders, pawnshops and other businesses went into effect last week. The restrictions, among other things, prevents such businesses from [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/03/payday-loans-won%e2%80%99t-go-away/feed/ 0 Payday lenders still barred from city http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/01/22/payday-lenders-still-barred-from-city/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=payday-lenders-still-barred-from-city http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/01/22/payday-lenders-still-barred-from-city/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:38:40 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=17910 STARKVILLE — The City of Starkville will not issue any permits for new payday lenders for at least a year, according to The Associated Press. The board of aldermen made the decision Jan. 19 after local officials said 20 such lenders in the city are enough. The moratorium will be in place at least until [...]

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