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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299651303321

Titolo

Payday Lending in Canada in a Global Context : A Mature Industry with Chronic Challenges / / edited by Jerry Buckland, Chris Robinson, Brenda Spotton Visano

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-71213-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 pages)

Disciplina

332.7

Soggetti

Bank marketing

Personal finance

Pension plans

Economic history

Microeconomics

Financial Services

Personal Finance/Wealth Management/Pension Planning

Economy-wide Country Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. A Statistical Profile of Payday Loan Clients from National Surveys -- 3. A Socio-economic Examination of Payday Loan Clients: Why and How People Use Payday Loans -- 4. A Business Analysis of the Payday Loan Industry -- 5. Ethical Issues Related to Payday Lending -- 6. Mainstream Financial Institution Alternatives to the Payday Loan -- 7. Payday Lending Regulations -- 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyzes the highly contentious payday lending industry, presenting valuable new data collected during Canada's recent regulatory reviews and demonstrating its relevance to payday lending conversations taking place worldwide. The authors treat the industry with a balanced hand by establishing its importance as an example of financialization and acknowledging the complex impact of payday lending services on low-income and credit-constrained clients. Up-to-date data from an interdisciplinary mix of financial, econometric, legal,



behavioral economic, and socioeconomic sources—all in the context of an established Canadian industry—provide both proponents and opponents of payday lending with valuable evidence for their discussions of how much regulation is required to minimize harmful consequences. These insights from Canada expand a US-centric conversation and provide a key resource for the growing list of countries in which the industry is present, from the UK and Poland to South Africa and Australia.