www.PayDayLoans.gov: A Solution for Restoring Price-Competition to Short-Term Credit Loans
Eric J. Chang: Much of United States financial regulation has been predominantly based upon using mandated disclosure to facilitate price-competition. However, in the realm of payday lending, disclosure based regulation has received significant criticisms from regulators and consumer advocates. While federal action may be necessary to solve the payday lending problem, this Article argues that a movement towards stricter and more stifling regulations is an overreaction to the statement that disclosure is not working. Instead, this Article proposes a less burdensome but much more effective alternative: a federal online exchange for payday lenders to list and post lending rates.