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what are credit cards if not payday loans. and you didnt touch on anything relevant to my point. no one should gives a shit what banks think. its about whats good for the community.
you were asserting that the fees are to prevent people from using them as pay day loans. but banks already have that system its a credit card. why not just have over drafts tie into the credit card system and avoid this whole set of nonsense.
Credit cards have zero interest if I pay off the balance in full each month. That is not an option for payday loans.
Yes, thats why low limit credit cards are a better model than payday loans and was my point for both payday loans and overdraft fees.
People who need pay day loans can't get from credit cards... That's kinda the entire business model here
yes, I'm not talking about how it currently works. I'm giving you a thought experiment to reason through. things you should be asking yourself:
I'm asserting that a low limit credit card is functionality better for everyone than allowing predatory pay day loan services or overdraft fees to exist. both models fundamentally work the same way you spend money that isnt yours and pay it back later at an exorbitant fee if longer than X.
Banks refuse to providing credits to poor people who need pay day loan. This is the current market condition