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Payday loans seem like a convenient way to get some extra cash when you need it most before your next check arrives, but that convenience could come at a higher cost than you anticipated. These loans ...

A check of local payday loan sites found annual interest rates well above 400 percent in Iowa and Illinois. Expect to pay more than over $40 to borrow $100 over 31 days in Illinois. In Iowa, the ...

Payday loans seem simple enough. Borrow the cash you need, and pay it back on your next payday. But there's a hefty interest charge and the money comes due quickly. If you're a furloughed federal ...

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 ...