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Whenever South Dakotans voted 3–to–1 to ban payday advances, they must have hoped it can stick.
Interest in the predatory money improvements averaged an eye-popping 652 percent—borrow a buck, owe $6.50—until the state axed them in 2016, capping prices at a portion of that in a decisive referendum.
Donald Trump’s finance czars had another concept. In November, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (combined with the much more obscure Office regarding the Comptroller for the money) floated a loophole that is permanent payday loan providers that could really result in the Southern Dakota legislation, and many more, moot—they could launder their loans through out-of-state banking institutions, which aren’t susceptible to state caps on interest. Continue reading Trump to Payday Lenders: Let’s Rip America Off Once Again. Their big bank donors are probably ecstatic.