Nebraska Voters Overwhelmingly Reject 400% Payday Loans through Passage of 36% Interest Rate Cap
DURHAM, N.C. – Nebraskans voted for Initiative 428 to stop triple-digit predatory lending by reducing annual interest rates from an average of over 400% to 36%. The initiative passed by an overwhelming majority of 83% of the vote. Nebraska joins Colorado (2018) and South Dakota (2016) in enacting this reform through a citizen’s initiative in recent years. Payday loans carry an average of 400% interest rates and are designed to create a long-term cycle of debt. The average borrower ends up with 10 loans per year and payday lenders derive 75% of their fees from borrowers who end up with more