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Payday Lending in America
This collection presents original research findings from the Pew Safe Small Dollar Loans Research Project on the existing landscape for payday lending around the country. more
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- Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project
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- Press Release
- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
More Than Half of Top 12 U.S. Banks Now Use Pew’s Model Checking Disclosures
SunTrust voluntarily adopted The Pew Charitable Trusts’ disclosure summary for checking accounts today, becoming the seventh of the 12 largest banks in the country now using the simple disclosure box. Currently, this consumer-friendly information is available to over 40 percent of the US market, by deposit volume. more
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December 3, 2012
Paying for the Holidays
As the holiday shopping season takes off, consumers are turning to a variety of financial management tools. View our slideshow and learn more about Pew’s research on hidden bank fees, the growing use of prepaid debit cards, and the actual duration of payday loans that are marketed as two-week products.
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- Prepaid Cards Research Project
Are You Using a Prepaid Card to Buy Holiday Gifts?
Do you know what sort of fees you will pay or what times of consumer protections apply to you?
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- Infographic
- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
Holiday Overdraft Fees Add Up
If you bought one of the following gifts, you could pay this much after an accidental overdraft.
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- Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project
Payday Loans Really Add Up
If you took out a loan for the following season expenses, you would pay far more and be indebted far longer than advertised.
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November 27, 2012
Banking on Arbitration
The report, Banking on Arbitration: Big Banks, Consumers, and Checking Account Dispute Resolution, reviews the 100 largest financial institutions’ dispute resolution clauses as well as consumer attitudes about these practices.
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
Arbitration Bound
How does dispute resolution work, what is arbitration, and what are a consumer's options at every step along the way? Find out the with the Pew Safe Checking Project's interactive.
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- Stateline Story
After Sandy, Some Homeowners Spared from Costly Hurricane Deductibles
Governor Tom Corbett added Pennsylvania to the growing list of states — including Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey and New York — where governors and insurance regulators have told insurers to spare homeowners from the costly deductibles after the superstorm whirled across the East Coast, causing heavy wind and flood damage to property and leaving millions without power. more
