Tag: Payday Loans
Five Questions With: Margaux Morisseau
Margaux Morisseau serves as co-chair of the Rhode Island Payday Lending Reform Coalition, which advocates for stricter requirements capping interest on payday loans in...
New polling shows support for R.I. payday lending reform
PROVIDENCE – After years of failed attempts to regulate payday loans in Rhode Island, state lawmakers have a new weapon in their arsenal this...
State representative revives effort to cap interest on payday loans
PROVIDENCE – Rep. John J. Lombardi, D-Providence, has once again submitted legislation proposing to cap annual interest rates on payday loans.
The bill submitted to...
United Way honors Capital Good Fund with 2-1-1 Innovation Award
ANDY POSNER is the founder of Capital Good Fund, a Providence-based social change organization that uses financial services to address America’s poverty problems. The...