London: Fitch Ratings said the announcement that Wonga, the UK's largest
payday lender, will file for administration, highlights how consumer lenders can be exposed to changing regulation and market expectations of the fair treatment of customers.
"Claims management firms think that
payday lenders can be their new pot of gold, their new PPI," one
payday lender told me.
CashEuroNet, a
payday lender, which also owns Quick Quid and Pounds-To-Pocket, has emerged as the most complained against firm in the banking and credit business in the UK.
Mick Mulvaney's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) quietly closed an investigation into a
payday lender headquartered in Mulvaney's home state Monday.
"Most of us regard banks as more reputable and fair than
payday lenders, and so it is a bitter irony that it is a better deal for some people who need short-term credit to go to a
payday lender than to go to their high street bank.
Citizens Advice found a number cases where a
payday lender asked Follow us on Twitter: @WalesOnline people to share their internet banking details including login and password so a lender could directly access their account and adjust funds without advance permission from the borrower.
'State banking regulators say they are ready to shut down Madison
payday lender All American Check Cashing's 43 stores and fine owner Michael Gray $3 million for illegal loan rollovers and other offenses.
The guidance comes after
payday lender Wonga recently launched a new advertising campaign featuring "hard-working dinner ladies and mums" after ditching its controversial puppet ads.
Rather than compare the number of
payday lender stores to the number of banks and bank branches, Figure 4 shows the relationship of stores to branches for states when each is expressed per 10,000 people.
The UK's biggest
payday lender, Wonga, is shedding 325 jobs due to the impact the rules have on its profit.
But only the
payday lender operates with varying degrees of legality, depending on which state they do business.
Recurring payments A recurring payment (otherwise known as a continuous payment authority) lets the
payday lender take money directly from your account on the repayment date.