Bankrate.com: Rates, articles, and other basic information about consumer lending.
BankSITE Consumer Guide: Provides information and self-qualification tests for a variety of consumer lending products.
Cosigning A Loan: 1997 article that describes risks and provides guidance regarding co-borrowers, from the Federal Trade Commission.
Easy Credit? Not So Fast: The truth about advance-fee loan scams, where you pay first and get the loan later. 1999 article from the Federal Trade Commission.
Officials call payday financing "loan sharking": 1998 article from Bankrate.com about abusive lenders that offer advances on paychecks.
Payday Loan Resource: Information on finding reputable cash advance and payday loan lenders as well as what to look for in a lender.
Payday Loans = Costly Cash: Also called cash advance loans, check advance loans, or deferred deposit check loans, these high interest loans are usually expensive. 2000 article from the Federal Trade Commission.
The No-Equity Loan Trap: Article from SmartMoney.com about high loan-to-value loans for homeowners.
Worse than Loan-Sharking: Article from About.com regarding abuses in the advance payday loans business.
