Usually viewed as predatory, the check cashing industry is booming. Lisa Servon wondered why lower-income those who had been struggling would cash checks rather than finding a bank-account, therefore she took work being a cashier to learn. Exactly exactly just What she discovered — so it’s frequently cheaper — could be the topic of her book that is new,The Unbanking of America.” Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.
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HARI SREENIVASAN:
Next: some cash is needed by you real fast?
Economics correspondent Paul Solman explores why, for many clients, the bet that is best may not be the lender.
It is element of their series that is weekly making of economic news.
JOE COLEMAN, President, RiteCheck:
And also this is East 138th Street, which in lots of ways may be the Wall Street of this Bronx. You’ve got great deal of economic providers over the road, bodegas. You’ve got little cash remitters.
PAUL SOLMAN:
And there is a pawn shop, perhaps maybe not the type of financier you would find in the actual Wall Street. But, hey, here is the South Bronx, poorest district that is congressional America, where some 40 per cent of residents reside underneath the poverty line.
JOE COLEMAN:
The service that is main from the road is RiteCheck, where we’ve our economic solution center.
PAUL SOLMAN:
Joe Coleman is president with this string of 14 shops within the Southern Bronx and Harlem. They will certainly cash your checks, spend your bills, transfer cash 24 hours a time, 365 days per year. Something similar to half these customers are unbanked, meaning no bank is had by them account on purpose.
Jose Benitez is just a construction...
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