The minds of major U.S. banking institutions on Wednesday indicated tentative help for a federal interest limit on customer loans, which will probably add payday and automobile name loans.
Throughout a hearing held by the senate committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs, senator jack reed, d-r.i., asked the ceos of bank of america, citigroup, goldman sachs, jpmorgan chase and wells fargo if they would support a 36% cap on interest rates on consumer loans like payday loans wednesday.
The financial institution CEOs failed to reject the idea immediately. "We absolutely don&;t charge interest rates that high for the client basis," Citi CEO Jane Fraser stated in reaction to Sen. Reed&;s question. She included that Citi want to check out what the law states, merely to make certain there are not any unintended effects to it. "But we appreciate the spirit from it while the intent she said behind it,". (more…)