Tag Archive for ‘check cashers’
Hear Me Speak at the Cleveland City Club
An alternative title for this post might be: Presidents, World Leaders, and Me. I happily said yes when I was invited to address the Cleveland City Club — and then I received a more formal invitation in the mail that listed some of its past speakers. The City Club was having me for its Friday [...]
Payday Lenders Confront Mortality
Why the $40-billion-a-year payday lending industry fears financial reform on Capital Hill. As the Senate nears a vote on a financial reform package, I wrote this piece for the Huffington Post. Less popular than the country’s cigarette makers, and charging fees that can top 652 percent if expressed as an annual interest rate, the payday [...]
