ABI Blog Exchange

2015-08-04
It's been nearly a century since reformers and lenders agreed on 36% as a small-dollar loan ceiling. Inflation has since swelled production costs, and lending under this cap is no longer profitable. The result: fewer options for consumers.

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2015-08-04
Puerto Rico missed most of a $58 million bond payment Monday, marking the first default by the U.S.

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2015-08-04
Puerto Rico missed most of a $58 million bond payment Monday, marking the first default by the U.S.

Read More from: WSJ.com: Bankruptcy Beat

2015-08-04
Dan Brenner for The Wall Street Journal Miners’ debt hole is deepening.

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2015-08-04
Dan Brenner for The Wall Street Journal Miners’ debt hole is deepening.

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2015-08-04
Many online small-business lenders worry that future regulations could stymie innovation in this fast-growing industry.

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2015-08-03
50 Cent Wishes He Had Fifty Cents A recent and notable celebrity bankruptcy is that of famous music artist 50 Cent

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2015-08-03
50 Cent Wishes He Had Fifty Cents A recent and notable celebrity bankruptcy is that of famous music artist 50 Cent

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2015-08-03
 “It’s not that I’m afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”  — Woody Allen
2015-08-03
The CFPB's long-term reputation Â-- and perhaps Dodd-Frank's overall success Â-- may well be judged on whether the bureau moves beyond areas where it was specifically instructed to take action and exercises broader authority granted to it by Congress

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2015-08-03
Payment system transformation has become a pressing need for banks today. The rate at which this is happening is largely controlled by the conflict between rapid technological shifts and the barriers to product acceptance.

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2015-08-03
Alpha Natural Resources Inc., one of the largest U.S.

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2015-08-03
Alpha Natural Resources Inc., one of the largest U.S.

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2015-08-03
Previous posts have explained some aspects of the ROT concept in Germany (

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2015-08-02
George Orwell famously said that, "all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."   A petition for writ of cert filed on July 20, 2015 challenges the 9th Circuit's ruling upholding a District Court which found that the IRS was m

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2015-07-31
Posted by Kathy Bazoian Phelps    Below is a summary of the activity reported for July 2015.

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