New Credit Card Rules Driving Some Customers to Payday Lenders
Consumer credit industry analysts have observed another side effect of new credit card regulations: an increase in the number of Americans turning to payday lenders for emergency cash. With credit card companies focusing marketing on top-tier borrowers, consumers once served by subprime cards have resorted to more frequent check advance and payday loan services, according to a recent Reuters report.

With lines of credit being closed even to customers in good standing, banks could be sending some of their former consumer lending business to more expensive alternatives. A representative from a major payday lender told Reuters that his company observed a significant rise in the average annual income of first-time payday borrowers, up to $50,000 from $41,000 last year.

Credit industry analysts note that increases in payday lending may only be short-lived, however. Many states have curbed or banned advance check lending, which can often carry annual percentage rates in excess of 400%. Rising unemployment has cut into many payday lenders' prospective client pool, since their loan agreement requires customers to maintain jobs.

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Joe Taylor Jr. is an internal business consultant for a Fortune 500 company, who writes about finance, culture, and design. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Communications from Ithaca College.