Payday Loans - The 400 Percent APR Trap

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Turning a flat dollar fee into a yearly rate is the opening calculation, before asking what a rollover does to Marcus's $300 principal and what a 391 percent APR on a two-week loan actually reveals. Payday loan, APR, and rollover get folded into the closing lines.

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