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Banking on the Poor: Documenting the Big Business of Poverty
This tipsheet serves as a guide for any reporter looking to delve into the "fringe financial industry." This industry serves people who lack access to banks and other mainstream financial institutions; it includes payday lenders, car title lenders, pawn shots and check cashing outlets. Nixon's tipsheet explains each of these institutions and offers advice on how and where to get the data to report on them.
Tags: check cashing; poverty; pawnshops; lenders; loans; interest; taxes; demographics; census
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From pawnshops to payday loans: Investigating the poverty industry
Using mapping, census and housing data, Hacker formulated a way to measure exactly how the money-lending industry works, and who it targets. Her system is clearly outlined in this handout.
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