Payday Lending

Direct deposit of wages and benefits is one of the great financial innovations of the last 30 years. It saves employers and benefits providers millions of dollars in both the purely administrative costs of writing checks and the hassle of replacing checks that are lost or stolen; it provides workers and benefits recipients with quick, safe and reliable access to their funds; it encourages those who are unbanked to move into the financial services mainstream; and, when the payors use their market power to cut good deals, it can mean higher quality financial services at lower prices for lower-income recipients.