Payday lending laws made last year eliminated the industry in state
Jack Minor
An officer of a corporation that owns a large number of payday lenders in the country, said the legislation last year, aims to regulate the industry in Colorado actually eliminated.
The law extended the terms of the loans a few weeks to six months and interest rates capped at 45 percent annually. People using payday lenders generally used the service to help with cash flow problems between paydays.
Jamie Fulmer, vice president of Advance America, said the law has only one industry reform."The legislation eliminates payday loans. He created a new system of six months installment loans. It is an entirely new product. "He continued," Our company has closed half of our centers of the state and more than 400 jobs were lost in Colorado because of the law. "
One of the requirements listed for the law was that people would often not repay their loans and instead of taking multiple payday loans. As for those who have fallen in what is called the payday loan trap Fulmer said lenders find ways to work with clients to help them repay their loans.
"It's never a good situation for everyone when a consumer has multiple loans. There were other ways to solve the problem of legislation. "He said said that if a client came to them with difficulties in meeting their obligations, they would do everything possible to work with them.
Another criticism involved the high interest rates. Fulmer said that lenders have been very transparent about what the rates are. "There are no hidden fees or disclosure is very simple and straightforward.Unlike a credit card late fees, overdraft fees or any other financial service product out there we have disclosed not only the fees we charged, but the annual percentage rate. "He said many companies provide credit card only the RPA and are not readily disclose the hidden fees and penalties.


Of those lenders who continue to operate in Colorado, the majority have stopped offering customers' payday loans, instead offering customers “installment
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