{"id":1191450,"date":"2023-10-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1191450"},"modified":"2023-10-12T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:00:00","slug":"why-wage-access-apps-are-just-as-bad-as-payday-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1191450","title":{"rendered":"Why Wage Access Apps are Just As Bad As Payday Loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/64d869348652377f3ff62c9d7d67b5ec.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With more than <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/08\/17\/heres-why-americans-cant-stop-living-paycheck-to-paycheck.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck<\/a> and many folks <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/05\/23\/inflation-economy-consumer-finances-americans-cant-cover-emergency-expense-federal-reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">unable to cover a $400 emergency<\/a> like a car repair or surprise hospital bill, waiting for payday is a pain point for many. That helps explain why so many people <a class=\"sc-1out364-0 dPMosf sc-145m8ut-0 lcFFec js_link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/this-scam-is-making-payday-loans-even-worse-1850205618\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">turn to predatory payday loans<\/a> in desperation: When your bills are due on Monday\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/why-wage-access-apps-are-just-as-bad-as-payday-loans-1850914390\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: LifeHacker &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/why-wage-access-apps-are-just-as-bad-as-payday-loans-1850914390\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why Wage Access Apps are Just As Bad As Payday Loans<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than 60% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck and many folks unable to cover a $400 emergency like a car repair or surprise hospital bill, waiting for payday is a pain point for many. That helps explain why &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1191450\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1191451,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,110],"tags":[92],"class_list":["post-1191450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifehacker","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-lifehacker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1191450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1191450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1191451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1191450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1191450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1191450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}