Steve Beshear, Governor of Kentucky, has renewed his efforts for putting an interest cap on payday loans. The new limit that Steve Beshear would want in place is 36% for every $100.00 lent. This is the same cap that people in the military have on their payday loans. The main reason for the cap is because of the hard times that residents in Kentucky are having just to put food on their tables.
Currently, no new payday lenders are even allowed to open in Kentucky (the state has 743 lenders at the moment). Some believe that such a restricted cap will cause lenders to go out of business. What do you think?