As our nation’s economy has been declining and struggling to recover for nearly a decade‚ the finance industry has changed with the times. Payday lending and other short-term financing services are now mainstream funding options for many Americans. Despite the predatory practices and unreasonable interest rates‚ alternative funding sources are beginning to become the norm - including pawn brokers. Pawning personal items for quick cash is now so common that reality shows like Hardcore Pawn and Pawn
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1. What is payday lending? A type of short-term borrowing where an individual borrows a small amount at a very high rate of interest. The borrower typically writes a post-dated personal check in the amount they wish to borrow plus a fee in exchange for cash. The lender holds onto the check and cashes it on the agreed upon date‚ usually the borrower’s next payday. These loans are also called cash advance loans or check advance loans. 2. Do you think it fills a gap? I believe payday lending fills
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with answering the questions you have raised then follow with my hypothesis for research questions that you have presented. I believe that payday lenders have an amplified presence in my community. This leads me to answer your second question. I genuinely believe their presence is so extensive that these lending practices could be described as predatory lending due to the disadvantages they pose for my specific community. To place this into perspective. The Texas Tribune recently published an article
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Chapter 20 Driving Forces Analysis Ch20. Driving Forces • • • • • • • • • Short Description Background Strategic Rationale & Implications Strengths & Advantages Weaknesses & Limitations Process for Applying Technique Summary Case Study: Digital Music Industry FAROUT FT Press 2007. All Rights Reserved. Business and Competitive Analysis. By C. Fleisher & B. Bensoussan. Ch20.2 Ch20. Driving Forces Short Description • Driving forces analysis (DFA) is a way
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The Driving forces in a movie rental industry are the major underlying causes of changing industry and competitive conditions. Driving-forces analysis have three steps: (1) Identifying what the driving forces are (2) Assessing driving forces which impact Netflix and Blockbuster (3) Companies making strategy judgments Technology Since 2000‚ the introduction of new technologies and electronics products had rapidly multiplied consumer opportunities to view movies 1. Increasingly numbers
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Driving Forces Digital music devices are leading the technological market as their demand increases with the changing trends of the market place and the consumer. So the real questions are‚ Why are Digital music devices so popular‚ what influences consumer’s purchase decisions‚ and what impacts the sales of this industry growing in popularity? “MP3 players have gone from niche to mainstream products‚ and consumer portable purchases have switched from models that rely on removable content to those
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1. What are the dominant economic characteristics affecting the payday lending industry? Payday lending became relevant because they were marketed to prevent and cover costs from bounced checks and overdraft protection fees‚ late bill payment penalties and other informal extensions of short term credit. When events happen in the economy it can impact the demand for consumer loans. For example‚ generally within the first quarter of the year consumers are receiving their tax returns. If there
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which causes a bunch of problems down the road. There is no doubt that imperialism has negatively affected the world. European superpowers exploited Africans and their raw materials. In the 19th century Europe began to industrialize. Europe’s new industry demanded for raw materials. Africa is relatively close and had the resources they needed. In 1882‚ “The British next seized control of the government as a whole and forcibly ... ... middle of paper ... ...the different tribes to live close
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The Ethics of Predatory Lending in the Housing Industry The real estate industry is thriving with approximately sixty-eight percent of all Americans being homeowners. With low interest rates‚ 1st time home buyer down payment assistance programs‚ and government funded educational opportunities (i.e. the Home Ownership Center of Greater Cincinnati)‚ the real estate and mortgage lending industries will continue to flourish. However‚ there are some unethical lending practices that are threatening
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The Ethical and Moral Issues of Predatory Lending Caryn Williams Southern New Hampshire Business Law Gerri Drelling August 24‚ 2014 Abstract From childhood to adulthood‚ we have been taught that part of achieving the “American dream’ is owning a home. How will the worth of that dream be altered after absorbing hundred of billions of dollars in losses incurred from the subprime mortgage crisis (Ruzich and Grant‚ 2009). Moreover‚ many potential homeowners saw subprime loans as a means to achieve
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