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By Aaron Sankin, December 29, 2016, in Reveal. Pawnshops don’t exactly have the best of reputations. Their business model – offering people short-term loans using personal items as collateral – [...]

By J.D. Morris, December 16, 2016, in The Press Democrat. A new study that found payday lenders are concentrated in poorer areas of California is fueling calls from consumer advocates for tighter [...]

By Dave Johnson, October 27, 2016, in The Huffington Post. Millions of Americans can’t get bank accounts, so they can’t even cash a check. Many millions more might have an account but can’t get [...]