The Issue at the Heart of America’s Great Unbanking
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Why Payday Lending Is Creeping into the Middle Class (http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-payday-lending-crisis-and-the-middle-class/)
The Issue at the Heart of America’s Great Unbanking (https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/issue-brief/v5n4.php)
The Issue at the Heart of America’s Great Unbanking (https://publicpolicy.wharton.upenn.edu/issue-brief/v5n4.php)
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Servon, Lisa
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Consumer protection regulation targets services like payday lenders under the presumption that these services can be predatory and associated with high costs. Yet an increasing number of Americans are utilizing such alternative financial services and joining the ranks of the “unbanked” and “underbanked.” Altering this status quo and promoting greater middle-class stability will require that policymakers foster innovation in the development of high-quality, transparent, and consumer-oriented financial services within the mainstream banking system.
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2017-05-01