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Silicon Valley FinTech “Earnin” may need to buckle up for a bumpy ride.

September 11, 2019

The New York Times ran a bit of an “expose” on “Earnin,” an online lending FinTech that may need to buckle up for a bumpy ride… It seems like each week there is a new Silicon Valley FinTech anti-payday loan venture that is launched with millions in funding and all the slick PR you can […]

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Back to School is here is your small business ready?

August 13, 2019

Did you know that for many the Back to School season each August is the second highest seasonal demand period for the payday industry?  Only the Christmas and New Year Holiday time frame beats Back to School in terms of seasonal demand. For Texas Credit Access Businesses offering cash advances, payday loans, or title loans, […]

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A new tool for payday borrowers that may or may not be a good thing for loan defaults.

August 6, 2019

Recently another new dynamic in our industry has surfaced and this is reminder that as a small business owner in the payday loan-cash advance-installment loan industry, everyone on your team needs to continually study and learn customer behaviors.  What is this new dynamic? It is the borrower habit of switching their debit card “on” “off” […]

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Retail “brick and mortar” businesses across many industries continue to shutter. Why?

July 29, 2019

In today’s world of the smart phone, apps, and Amazon, every retail “brick and mortar” business needs to evolve around the newer consumer behaviors in the virtual marketplace.  As surprising as it is, many companies like Toys R’ Us and Sears with decades of brand loyalty just could not make their model compete and evolve in […]

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Strong job market could mean small employers are getting “ghosted” how can you prevent it?

July 24, 2019

This week an interesting article came out in Fox Business (written in Motley Fool) titled “4 reasons hourly workers reject jobs – and what to do about them.”   Many of small business owners in Texas could be seeing a rise in the so-called millennial generation phenomenon of “ghosting.” According to the Urban Dictionary “Ghosting” means the shutdown/ceasing […]

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Texas Debt Buyer Bill is set to be signed by Governor Abbott

June 19, 2019

House Bill 996 a “Debt Buyer Bill” is set to be signed by Governor Abbott.  This particular bill limits when a debt buyer can initiate legal action or arbitration to collect consumer debt. It also requires specific notices to be provided to the consumer with respect to out-of-statute debt.  The new provisions are effective Sept. 1, […]

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AOC and Bernie get slam dunked over their anti-payday loan act.

May 24, 2019

Chris Talgo, a columnist at Townhall.com did a phenomenal job on his recent column regarding Bernie Sanders and AOC’s Loan Shark Prevention Act.  I would say he slam dunked the pair’s “Act” quite nicely.  Within the piece, several hard-hitting facts & statistics were used to counter many assertions made by the two in their recent […]

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Sunset process continues with the OCCC next up is the Stakeholder Meeting to discuss rule amendments.

May 20, 2019

Laurie Hobbs at the OCCC sent out an email to industry “Stakeholders” on Tuesday regarding the continuation of the Sunset process at the OCCC.  Next up is the Stakeholder Meeting to discuss rule amendments.  See below for OCCC’s comments on what will be done and how you can participate. “OCCC would like to inform us […]

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Snapshot on the progress of a five-location retail chain’s Search Engine Marketing Campaign after six months.

May 10, 2019

For the benefit of those who read our posts we are sharing a snapshot on the progress of a five-location retail chain’s Search Engine Marketing Campaign after six months.  This particular business offers cash advances and title loans in the Central Texas area.  What do you think?  Is it doing well with SEO? Room for […]

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Submit your comments to the CFPB by May 15th

May 3, 2019

CFSA has been urging industry stakeholders to submit a comment letter to the CFPB regarding the  “CFPB Rule Proposal to Reconsider the 2017 Payday Lending Rule.”   Again, right now the CFPB ATR and Payment Provisions are on hold which is referred to as a “stay.”  See below for what CFSA is saying we need to do, go […]

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