- Interview with David Farias - Founder, FYGO.com
Payday loan opponents caution people against taking payday loans. We interviewed David to better understand the practice and viability of an emerging source for loans: The Internet social lending network.
Monday, January 15, 2007
- Interview with Pete Kowenhoven - Special Agent, FBI
In the news, payday lending is often called legal loan sharking and payday lenders are called loan sharks. We interviewed Special Agent Kowenhoven to understand how loan sharking really works, who loan sharks are, and what the loan shark culture is like.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
- Interview with Dr. Tom Lehman - \'In Defense of Payday Lending\' Author
Dr. Lehman joined us to discuss the issue of economics as it applies to the payday loan industry in general and, specifically, to tell us about the economic theory underpinning his article, \'In Defense of Payday Lending.\'
Sunday, September 10, 2006
- Interview with Bill McCloskey - Email Data Source President and CEO
Bill provided background on the E-mail marketing space, shared trends relating to the payday loan industry\'s E-mail marketing, and covered uses for his company\'s analytics services that will be of interest to online payday lenders and E-mail marketers.
Monday, August 28, 2006
- Interview with Jackie Bates and Ernie St. Gelais - LinkConnector
Jackie and Ernie provide details about affiliate marketing networks, like theirs, LinkConnector. Benefits for payday lenders and affiliate marketers are covered in addition to how LinkConnector deals with marketing fraud in the payday lending marketspace.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
- Interview with Trent Sorbe - President, FCF
Trent Sorbe explained the Revel Advance card, an alternative to payday loans, offered nationwide by his organization. Trent also provided some banking industry insight: perhaps why it\'s not in the payday loan business.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
- Interview with Greg Fay - Payday Loan Store Owner
Topics in this podcast range from responsible lending practices and dealing with unbanked customers to customer data handling procedures and market conditions in Ohio.
Saturday, July 22, 2006
- Five Short Affiliate Marketing Company Interviews
PLIWatch attended the Affiliate Summit 2006 East tradeshow as Press. An event recap is followed by interviews with five Internet advertisers about how the payday loan industry uses their services.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
- Interview with Lawrence Meyers - Ex-Motley Fool Writer and Current Payday Loan Industry Financier
Topics range from market valuation of the industry to dollar-based hard-math scenarios of payday loan costs for both the consumer and for the lender.
Monday, July 10, 2006
- Interview with JJ Selmon - Payday Loan Company LoanMax\'s \'Sit In\' Protest.
Info about a Wichita, Kansas, protest by payday lender LoanMax, which paid 400-plus people $100 each to \'sit in\' during a \'Dangers of Payday Loans\' seminar. Local payday loan issues are also covered.
Saturday, June 24, 2006
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