Step aside, Tony Soprano: Big banks will now lend money at 300 percent interest without threatening to break a leg. Then again, the payday loans so...

NEW YORK -- JPMorgan Chase said Wednesday that it will take steps to protect its customers from fees and other charges that payday lenders may slap on...

Consumer advocates in Washington have pledged to battle payday lenders, the quick-cash loan shops that often charge ruinously high interest rates to p...

Big banks are participating in a practice commonly associated with the use of big signs to lure vulnerable Americans. Wells Fargo, the country's b...

WASHINGTON — The federal government proposed new rules on Tuesday that will give homeowners more ways to avoid foreclosure and get an accurate a...

Lately, payday lenders have been linking up with Native American tribes as a way to sidestep U.S. law. Federal authorities seem less and less willi...

* Complaints against banks drop 30 pct-BBB * Payday lender complaints rise * Banks facing new restrictions on consumer p...

The biggest city in Alabama is putting its payday lenders on notice. Bankers and community leaders in Birmingham, Alabama met Thursday to discuss d...

What does it mean to be poor? If it means living at or below the poverty line, then 15 percent of Americans -- some 46 million people -- qualify. B...

Picking his first public fight with the banking industry, Washington's top consumer cop, Richard Cordray, promised on Thursday that his examiners will...

The new government agency tasked with looking after the best financial interests of ordinary consumers finally has a leader. President Barack Obam...

In the latest signal that the economic crisis has fundamentally changed the way Americans handle their money, the largest provider of prepaid debit ca...

"Financial reform" is a boon for people in the payday loan business. When people fall out of the world of traditional banking, they are still going to need bank-like services. Payday lenders will be in position to fill the gap.

Two years after the recession officially ended and one year after the creation of a landmark financial law meant to prevent another financial crisis, ...

Some Americans have become concerned enough about their finances that even a spending spree at the local dollar store now seems excessive. Followi...

NEW YORK (AP) -- As the jobless rate inches up and the economic recovery sputters, investors looking for a few good stocks may want to follow the mone...

Cross-posted from New Deal 2.0. The ability to stay away from credit cards is a privilege, as is being offered banking products, including checking a...

When people wanting to get rid of payday lending get organized and vote out a couple of payday lending supporters, the rest of the legislatures will take them seriously.

The nascent consumer agency dedicated to protecting borrowers from abusive lenders, a cornerstone of the Obama administration's efforts to reform the ...

Haphazard and possibly illegal practices at mortgage-servicing companies have called into question home foreclosures across the nation. The latest disclosures are deeply troubling.