Tag: Payday Lenders
14,000 loans later, Capital Good Fund still aiming to do good
Sherlie Martinez had just given birth to her daughter, but the single mother was struggling to keep up with her bills and was racking...
Payday loan reform bills return to General Assembly
PROVIDENCE – State lawmakers are once again considering cracking down on payday lenders.
Legislation introduced in both chambers of the General Assembly and discussed in...
Capital Good Fund finds success helping those who need it most
A decade ago, a Brown University graduate student hatched an idea to help Rhode Islanders with low incomes deal with the difficult financial realities...
Signs of hope in fighting effects of poverty, unbanking growth
It is not a coincidence that at the same time that the rate of poverty in Rhode Island is growing, the percentage of people...
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