Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Credit
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Money-Lenders Bill Form a Money-lender's Point of View
Author: The Money-lenders Act, 1900
Author: Joseph Bridges MatthewsPublisher: London : Sweet & Maxwell
ISBN:
Category : Money-lenders and loans
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Loan Sharks
Author: Charles R. GeisstPublisher:
ISBN: 9780815734321
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Predatory lending: A problem rooted in the past that continues today. Looking for an investment return that could exceed 500 percent annually; maybe even twice that much? Private, unregulated lending to high-risk borrowers is the answer, or at least it was in the United States for much of the period from the Civil War to the onset of the early decades of the twentieth century. Newspapers called the practice "loan sharking" because lenders employed the same ruthlessness as the great predators in the ocean. Slowly state and federal governments adopted laws and regulations curtailing the practice, but organized crime continued to operate much of the business. In the end, lending to high-margin investors contributed directly to the Wall Street crash of 1929. Loan Sharks is the first history of predatory lending in the United States. It traces the origins of modern consumer lending to such older practices as salary buying and hidden interest charges. Yet, as Geisst shows, no-holds barred loan sharking is not a thing of the past. Many current lending practices employed today by credit card companies, payday lenders, and providers of consumer loans would have been easily recognizable at the end of the nineteenth century. Geisst demonstrates the still prevalent custom of lenders charging high interest rates, especially to risky borrowers, despite attempts to control the practice by individual states. Usury and loan sharking have not disappeared a century and a half after the predatory practices first raised public concern.
The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, Authorized Edition
Author: Financial Crisis Inquiry CommissionPublisher: Public Affairs
ISBN: 1610390415
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
Examines the causes of the financial crisis that began in 2008 and reveals the weaknesses found in financial regulation, excessive borrowing, and breaches in accountability.
The Accountant
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accounting
Languages : en
Pages : 1486
Book Description
The Law Journal Reports
Author: Henry D. BartonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1102
Book Description
Parliamentary Debates
Author: New Zealand. ParliamentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Zealand
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
Book Description
The Law Times Reports
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 866
Book Description
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1294
Book Description
Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the session of the Parliament.
The Parliamentary Debates
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of LordsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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