Payday loan bill heads back to the Senate
The back-and-forth efforts in the state Legislature to regulate payday loans continues.
The Assembly on Wednesday morning approved the Senate version of a bill regulating payday lenders in Wisconsin. However, the measure will have to return to the Senate after an amendment from state Representative Gordon Hintz (D-Oshkosh) was added to regulate auto title loans as well.
Hintz says the change will close a loophole the Senate bill that could hurt just as many people as payday loans. The amendment would limit the size of auto title loans, require notice when a vehicle is being repossessed, and requires additional profits from the sale of a seized vehicle to be returned to the original owner.
As mortgages get harder to get and credit cards become maxed out, many Americans are turning to PayDay Loans as a means of borrowing money. Since there is no security like a home or car that the lender can recoup, these loans are provided at a higher rate of interest.