More banks are offering customers small-dollar installment loans or lines of credit at lower costs than nonbanks as alternatives such as payday lenders fall out of favor with regulators. Financial ...

Small dollar loans are personal loans offered by select financial institutions for amounts up to $2,500, and are repaid in equal periodic payments. Only institutions that meet the federal and state ...

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 ...

Explore safer alternatives to payday loans, including installment loans, credit unions, employer advances, and hardship ...

Your car breaks down on a Tuesday morning. The repair bill hits $400. Your next paycheck arrives in eight days. This exact ...

Decide how much money you need before applying and ensure you're comfortable with the payment. You may qualify based on your banking activity rather than your credit score. Small-dollar loans are a ...

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 ...

As many as 66 percent of Americans expect to borrow for holiday shopping, and about a quarter anticipate taking on $900 or more in holiday debt. Many holiday borrowers will carry that debt for months ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Payday lender Dollar Financial will pay 15.4 million pounds in refunds to more than 147,000 customers affected by firm's loan affordability checks, Britain's Financial Conduct ...