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“Surprising” news in Wichita

November 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Here’s a line from a roundup column in the Wichita Eagle: 
Would you really be surprised if the city tore down the Wichita Boathouse and replaced it with a payday loan store?
The Payday Pundit is fairly hard to rattle so NO, we would not be surprised.   Frankly, we didn’t even know Wichita was near water. 

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Tags: Kansas · Wichita Eagle · industry

Witchita Eagle gets it wrong

March 31st, 2008 · No Comments

The Center for Consumer Freedom responds to a recent editorial in Kansas’ Witchita Eagle.
“…The Eagle editorial ignored these critical facts while narrowly focusing an ad hominem critique on the payday industry alone. These lenders earn a mere fraction of what traditional banks make on service fees. In 2003, bounced-check and insufficient-fund fees generated $22 billion in […]

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