The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast. These stories are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need. Browse or search the tipsheet section of our library below. Stories are not available for download but can be easily ordered by contacting the Resource Center:
Search results for "Payday America" ...
-
Social Insecurity
Corporate America has turned conventional uses of Social Security and pensions upside down, in some cases harming elderly and disabled retirees and in others helping to enrich Wall Street executives.
Tags: social security; pension; retiree; Wall Street; elderly; disabled; loan; executive; taxes; bank; payday
-
Perfect Payday
A series of stories exposing a huge scandal in corporate America where stock option grants are manipulated to enrich company insiders.
Tags: stock; option; grant; scandal; company insider; SEC; Wall Street; K Street
-
Serious Interest
Karen Spiller investigated short-term payday loans in New Hampshire, the only New England state that doesn't cap interest rates and thus allows them to sometimes soar as high as 500 percent.
Tags: short-term loans; payday loans; Advance America; interest rates; Check 'n Go; money
-
Borrowing Trouble
This series looks at how corporations like Payday America use payday loans to target the poor and charge phenomenal interest fees. These stories also look at how traditional banks have helped to keep these businesses going, acting as the main source for business loans for payday lenders. At the same time, these banks are pulling their own branches out of lower income areas and violating the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 by not "serving the credit needs of all communities where they operate, including low- and moderate-income communities." Another story looks at RALs, or Refund Anticipation Loans from places like H&R Block, which also rack up interest rates and fees of 70-700 percent.
Tags: refund anticipation loans; loans; payday loans; Payday America; check-cashing businesses; Community Reinvestment Act; H&R Block