Sentences with phrase «for inflated interest rates»

Ask if your broker will be paid a «yield - spread premium» — a financial reward lenders pay for inflated interest rates.

This shows the dollar amount of the kickback your broker received for inflating your interest rate.

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Lower interest rates will do nothing but inflate asset - price bubbles if there is reduced demand for goods and services.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Personal loan APRs tend to be on the double - digit higher side even for borrowers with stellar credit — and we all know that inflated interest rates may raise the chance of making payments unaffordable and missing them.

Because credit cards charge the highest interest rates of any type of consumer debt — typically about 18 % to 22 % — and allow borrowers to string repayments out for so long that it greatly inflates the cost of everything they buy.

In the first action, the CFPB ordered Citibank to provide nearly $ 5 million in consumer relief and pay a $ 3 million penalty for selling credit card debt with inflated interest rates and for failing to forward consumer payments promptly to debt buyers.

A very good - to - excellent credit score is important in the approval process, so anything below a prime FICO score of 700 may mean getting saddled with inflated interest rates or declined for the loan.

Some colleges, mainly for - profit entities, have been accused of defrauding students by inflating job placement statistics, allowing students to take out private loans at high interest rates and collecting debt illegally.

A longer term for a bond can maintain an investor's income through a period of low interest rates, but will additionally inflate your money away during a period of high inflation.

History teaches, however, that a sustained regime of financial repression — an intentional policy of sustained negative real interest rates imposed for the purpose of inflating away the real value of debt — eventually produces high and volatile inflation (Reinhart and Rugoff, 2009).

Many attribute this to the current low interest rate environment suggesting that investors hungry for yield have flocked to premier dividend growth stocks which inflated their valuations.

The primary consumer protection problem areas that have given rise to the States» actions include: (1) unsubstantiated claims of consumer savings; (2) deceptive representations about the length of time necessary to complete a debt relief program; (3) misleading or failing to adequately inform consumers that they will be subject to continued collection efforts, including lawsuits, and that their account balances will increase due to extended nonpayment under the program; (4) deceptive disparagement of consumer credit counseling; (5) deceptive disparagement of bankruptcy as an alternative for debtors; (6) lack of screening and analysis to determine suitability of debt relief programs for individual debtors; (7) the collection of substantial up - front fees so the debt relief company gains even if it fails to perform; (8) lack of transparency and information for consumers as to payment of fees, status of accounts, and communications with creditors; (9) significant delays in active negotiation or engagement with creditors, coupled with prohibitions on direct consumer communications with creditors; and (10), in the case of debt settlement companies, basing savings claims (and settlement fees) not on the original account balance, but on the inflated amount due (including late fees and default rates of interest) at the time of settlement.

People are going to borrow more in this Goldilocks interest rate environment (where abnormal rates no longer reflect risk) and are forced to for RE when the effects of both Government policies and Central Bank monetary policies combine to cause real estate to «demand inflate».

Mortgage brokers can help by having an open discussion with these borrowers about predatory lenders and their tactics, including the financial reward some lenders pay brokers for placing loans with inflated interest rates.

They also «penalize» you by inflating your interest rate for a cash out refinance as well.