Learn more about ACORN Canada's groundbreaking campaigns regulate payday lending and international remittances and money transfers.
Nouvelles réglementation industrie prêt sur salaire
New legislation in Alberta caps the interest payday loan companies can charge.
Act to End Predatory Lending came into force this month
Whether it's sending remittances to family, or returning home to work after schooling abroad, newcomers often feel the pull to give back.
ACORN members turned out to rally for better regulations on predatory lenders.
Did you take a Payday Loan from Cash Store or Instaloans in Ontario after September 1, 2011?
Yesterday BC ACORN members from Vancouver, Surrey, New Westminster, Burnaby and Coquitlam rallied in front of a Vancouver Money Mart location, calling on the Province to take immediate action against predatory payday lenders that are bleeding BC's working poor dry.
ACORN wants the B.C. government to change the legislation regulating the payday loan industry, including reducing the maximum rates charged, currently up to $23 per $100 borrowed.
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has taken a lead role in the fight against ‘predatory lenders’.
Anti-poverty groups urge a national law, while regulation now falls to the provinces.