A payday loan is a short-term, high-cost loan meant to be repaid on your next payday. Payday loans are easily available if you’re 18 or older, have a valid ID, a bank account and proof of income.

Consolidating high-interest payday loans into one personal loan can help ease a debt burden. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

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 ...