http://www.defendyourdollars.org/ Defend Your Dollars is the website of the Consumers Union Financial Services Campaign, where we support reforms to the financial marketplace to curb bad practices by banks and lenders. en Copyright 2012 Fri, 14 May 2010 10:35:56 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Need more proof that we need a strong independent financial watchdog for consumers? We just put out a report with the National Consumer Law Center and the Consumer Federation of America that shows consumers in most parts of the country are vulnerable to small loan rip-offs.

]]> http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/05/consumers_pay_steep_rates_for_1.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/05/consumers_pay_steep_rates_for_1.html Blog Post Fri, 14 May 2010 10:35:56 -0800 Now that the Senate floor debate on financial reform has started in earnest, supporters are ofering a number of amendments to strengthen the bill so that it better protects consumers from unsafe financial products and creates new rules to stop banks from getting so big that they could threaten the financial system.

]]> http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/05/senate_debate_on_financial_ref.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2010/05/senate_debate_on_financial_ref.html Blog Post Wed, 05 May 2010 11:50:48 -0800 Are you in debt with small, short-term loans?

]]> http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/tell_us_your_story_6.html http://www.defendyourdollars.org/2009/06/tell_us_your_story_6.html Story Ask Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:57:22 -0800 Car title loans are small loan secured by the title to the borrower’s paid-for-vehicle. Legal in less than half the states, title loans typically are due in full in one month and cost 300% APR plus additional fees.

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