Birmingham-Southern College President Emeritus Neal Berte talks to get payday reform legislation in the Alabama State home. From kept, Reps. Neil Rafferty, Merika Coleman and David Faulkner. (Mike Cason/mcason@al.com)
Alabama lawmakers from both parties and advocacy groups talked today to get a bill to provide cash advance customers more hours to repay loans, an alteration they stated would help protect economically delicate borrowers from spirals of financial obligation.
Birmingham-Southern College President Emeritus Neal Berte joined up with the legislators and officials with Alabama Arise plus the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice at A state home press seminar.
Alabama law permits lenders that are payday charge a cost as much as $17.50 per $100 lent on loans with terms since brief as 10 times. If determined being a percentage that is annual, that means 456 %.
