Loan/Cash Advances Updates

Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org) News Podcast
News and interviews about the payday loan and cash advance industries presented by neutral, industry-independent PLIWatch.org

Interview with David Farias - Founder, FYGO.com
15 Jan 2007 at 12:15pm
Payday loan opponents caution people against taking payday loans. We interviewed David to better understand the practice and viability of an emerging source for loans: The Internet social lending network.
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Interview with Pete Kowenhoven - Special Agent, FBI
27 Sep 2006 at 11:17am
In the news, payday lending is often called legal loan sharking and payday lenders are called loan sharks. We interviewed Special Agent Kowenhoven to understand how loan sharking really works, who loan sharks are, and what the loan shark culture is like.
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Interview with Dr. Tom Lehman - 'In Defense of Payday Lending' Author
10 Sep 2006 at 6:35pm
Dr. Lehman joined us to discuss the issue of economics as it applies to the payday loan industry in general and, specifically, to tell us about the economic theory underpinning his article, 'In Defense of Payday Lending.'
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Interview with Bill McCloskey - Email Data Source President and CEO
28 Aug 2006 at 9:47am
Bill provided background on the E-mail marketing space, shared trends relating to the payday loan industry's E-mail marketing, and covered uses for his company's analytics services that will be of interest to online payday lenders and E-mail marketers.
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Interview with Jackie Bates and Ernie St. Gelais - LinkConnector
13 Aug 2006 at 3:20pm
Jackie and Ernie provide details about affiliate marketing networks, like theirs, LinkConnector. Benefits for payday lenders and affiliate marketers are covered in addition to how LinkConnector deals with marketing fraud in the payday lending marketspace.
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Interview with Trent Sorbe - President, FCF
30 Jul 2006 at 7:12pm
Trent Sorbe explained the Revel Advance card, an alternative to payday loans, offered nationwide by his organization. Trent also provided some banking industry insight: perhaps why it's not in the payday loan business.
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Interview with Greg Fay - Payday Loan Store Owner
22 Jul 2006 at 7:45pm
Topics in this podcast range from responsible lending practices and dealing with unbanked customers to customer data handling procedures and market conditions in Ohio.
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Five Short Affiliate Marketing Company Interviews
16 Jul 2006 at 12:05pm
PLIWatch attended the Affiliate Summit 2006 East tradeshow as Press. An event recap is followed by interviews with five Internet advertisers about how the payday loan industry uses their services.
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Interview with Lawrence Meyers - Ex-Motley Fool Writer and Current Payday Loa...
10 Jul 2006 at 8:18pm
Topics range from market valuation of the industry to dollar-based hard-math scenarios of payday loan costs for both the consumer and for the lender.
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Interview with JJ Selmon - Payday Loan Company LoanMax's 'Sit In' Protest.
24 Jun 2006 at 6:19pm
Info about a Wichita, Kansas, protest by payday lender LoanMax, which paid 400-plus people $100 each to 'sit in' during a 'Dangers of Payday Loans' seminar. Local payday loan issues are also covered.
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Interview with Industry Experts from Credit.com
13 Jun 2006 at 3:52pm
An in-depth telephone interview with Credit.com's Valary Miller and Emily Davidson about issues surrounding the payday loan industry and its place within the larger consumer credit industry.
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New Mexico Payday Loan Regulation
29 May 2006 at 3:25pm
Coverage of Representative Patricia Lundstrom's House Bill 409. Then, what Governor Richardson did when 409 died. This podcast is presented by industry-independent Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org).
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Payday Loan Store Allegedly Mishandles Personal Documents and Two Payday Loan...
20 May 2006 at 4:52pm
Two news stories about the payday loan industry: Document Mishandling and a few Georgia RICO payday lender convictions. This podcast is presented by industry-independent Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org) and contains news about the payday loan and cash advance industries.
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Independent Review of RapidMONEYLoan
14 May 2006 at 10:39am
This podcast is a review of RapidMONEYLoan's payday loan Web site, including a general overview, practices (good and questionable), and a summary. This podcast is presented by industry-independent Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org).
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What's Happened With Payday Loans in Oregon?
4 May 2006 at 6:30pm
Covering recent legislative payday loan actions in Oregon. This podcast is presented by industry-independent Payday Loan Industry Watch (PLIWatch.org) and contains news about the payday loan and cash advance industries.
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