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It's been a widely discussed subject and yet there still looks to be some perplexity as to just exactly what payday loans essentially cost. there were many valid debates on both sides of the issue but what discussion is the most valid? Are payday loans as bad as some folk claim? Do payday loans prey on the poor? I can attempt to respond to some of these concerns in this short article.

I have seen many venues that claim payday loans are the same as lone sharking and the IRs are exuberant. A fast glance at the interest rates will certainly raise eyebrows! The APR's appear to be really high and maybe expensively priced. However, with a little bit closer look, it's not right to use APR for these short duration that are built to be repaid in generally 2 weeks. For example, on payday loan site show an APR of 320%. WOW, sounds terrible, but you are basing a two week loan on a yearly interest rate! Now take the same rate and compare it with a bank overdraft charge, the overdraft charge can be broken down to a loan of more than 1000%. Obviously the fee charged by a payday loan isn't as awful as an honest to goodness bank overdraft fee!

Then there is the issue of payday loan firms preying on the poor. This will not be further from the truth! The average pay day loan purchaser earns from $40K to $60K each year. This is far from folk at poverty level. These are folk who make enough cash to be able to repay the loan or the loan company would not even consider them for the loan! There might be some truth to the fact that payday loan corporations like for the borrowers to increase their loans. It actually makes good business sense to make as much as possible, but this is also a practice propagated by banks!

I believe that banks are being negligent by not offering similar services rather than charging outrageous overdraft fees! There's no doubt that banks make a lot of money thru these charges and with the economy in it's current condition, the banks are only making an attempt to collect more of these charges.

Danny Andrews

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