In May, a video featuring a young woman named Brooklyn in heart-shaped glasses implored viewers to tell the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation how important a company named ...

It’s a cycle that seems to repeat itself every legislative session in California. Advocates put forward a bill to curb the predatory practices of payday lenders. Then industry lobbyists squelch the ...

The rising cost of living has pushed more families to stretch their budgets, and in some cases take out loans. Payday loans may help certain families out of a financial bind, but California Attorney ...

Pandemic government assistance may have helped some Californians avoid using expensive payday loans last year, but some experts say it might be too early to celebrate. A new report found that in 2020, ...

The sight of payday lenders packing the streets of Valley communities has become more rare – though they are far from going extinct. Ten years ago, as the central San Joaquin Valley began feeling the ...

Reporting from Washington — A California payday lender is refunding about $800,000 to consumers to settle allegations that it steered borrowers into high-interest loans and engaged in other illegal ...

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 ...