In May, a video featuring a young woman named Brooklyn in heart-shaped glasses implored viewers to tell the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation how important a company named ...

Take a Financial Relief Quiz. Get matched with an Authorized Partner. When you need cash fast, a cash advance might seem like the answer. But these quick funds can impact your credit score, reporting ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Katharine Beer is a writer, editor, and archivist based in New York. She has a broad range ...

In 2017, the federal government was poised to give low-income consumers a respite from the myriad abuses and rip-offs visited on them by the payday lending industry. The Consumer Financial Protection ...

A new report says that cash advance apps, like Earnin and Dave, can be harmful to consumers. These apps let you borrow money quickly, but they often charge high fees and can lead to a cycle of debt.

Payday apps are not all alike, for starters. Some of them will only give you part of your paycheck, while some actually give ...

An earned wage access, or EWA, program is one set up by an employer to allow employees to tap their next paycheck before ...

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