Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

If you've ever taken out a payday loan, you know how quickly things can spiral with this type of debt. After all, these types of loans, which are marketed as a quick fix between paychecks, come with ...

Dori Zinn has been a personal finance journalist for more than a decade. Aside from her work for Forbes, her bylines have appeared on CNET, Yahoo! Finance, New York Times, Quartz, Inc. and more. She ...

For many years payday loans dominated the short term lending world. They offered quick cash to people who needed emergency money but at a very high cost. Traditional payday loans often came with ...

Improved state and federal laws have reduced the rate of predatory lending by most brick and mortar payday loan companies, but online payday loans operations continue to pose a risk for fraud and ...

NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office said on Monday it had reached settlements with five companies over charges of violating the state's usury and ...

SPRINGFIELD -- A bill that places stricter regulations on the payday-loan industry passed the Illinois House of Representatives Tuesday. The measure aims at protecting people from the payday-loan ...