Non Profit Check Casher May Ease Predatory Lending Pinch
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Length: 07:41
Drive through almost any low-income neighborhood in the United States and you’ll see signs for check-cashing and payday loans. Locals come to these places for quick access to cash, or to send money overseas. Advocates say the high fees at these places are one more obstacle in the way of climbing out of poverty. But Andrew Stelzer has more about one new business that’s cleaning up the image of check cashers, one customer at a time.
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Drive through almost any low-income neighborhood in the United States and you’ll see signs for check-cashing and payday loans. Locals come to these places for quick access to cash, or to send money overseas. Advocates say the high fees at these places are one more obstacle in the way of climbing out of poverty. But Andrew Stelzer has more about one new business that’s cleaning up the image of check cashers, one customer at a time.
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Segment of Making Contact show #40-09 "How We Survive: Predatory Mending"
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INTRO:Drive through almost any low-income neighborhood in the United States and you’ll see signs for check-cashing and payday loans. Locals come to these places for quick access to cash, or to send money overseas. Advocates say the high fees at these places are one more obstacle in the way of climbing out of poverty. But Andrew Stelzer has more about one new business that’s cleaning up the image of check cashers, one customer at a time.
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