Fringe banking : check-cashing outlets, pawnshops, and the poor /

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In today's world of electronic cash transfers, automated teller machines, and credit cards, the image of the musty, junk-laden pawnshop seems a relic of the past. But it is not. The 1980s witnessed a tremendous boom in pawnbroking. There are now more pawnshops than ever before in U.S. history,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Caskey, John P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©1994.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1980-1994
Poor > United States > Finance, Personal.
Check cashing services > United States.
Pawnbroking > United States.
Services d'encaissement de chèques > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Microeconomics.
Check cashing services.
Pawnbroking.
Poor > Finance, Personal.
Pfandleihe
Armut
Bank
Leningen.
Contante betalingen.
Onderpanden.
United States.
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Table and Figures ; Preface and Acknowledgments ; Why Study Fringe Banks? ; 1. Four Themes ; 2. A Brief History of Pawnbroking and Commerical Check Cashing ; 3. Contemporary Fringe Banking ; 4. Who Uses Fringe Banks and Why? ; 5. Explaining the Boom in Fringe Banking ; 6. Regulating Fringe Banks ; 7. Policies To Make Deposit Accounts More Accessible ; Concluding Comments ; Bibliography ; Index.

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