{"id":3289,"date":"2023-01-24T15:24:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T22:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/economicintegrity.org\/?p=3289"},"modified":"2023-01-26T15:25:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T22:25:58","slug":"six-of-the-eight-largest-banks-now-offer-affordable-small-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/economicintegrity.org\/?p=3289","title":{"rendered":"Six of The Eight Largest Banks Now Offer Affordable Small Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/articles\/2023\/01\/24\/six-of-the-eight-largest-banks-now-offer-affordable-small-loans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fas fa-newspaper\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> PEW | By: Alex Horowitz &#038; Gabriel Kravitz | <span class=\"submitted-date\">January 24, 2023<\/span><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The consumer-friendly moves provide savings to customers over costly lenders<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Just five years ago, no large banks offered small installment loans or lines of credit to checking account customers with low or no credit scores but today thanks in part to changes in federal regulations to help consumers, six of the eight largest banks, measured by their number of branches, do. 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