Pete C. wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:

>> I keep seeing ads saying Wal*Mart will cash your payroll check or
>> tax refund check *only* $3 per check! I don't think Wal*Mart should
>> be acting like a bank. But then again, I don't think casinos should
>> be allowed to cash welfare checks. Yet they do.
>
> NPR had a piece some time ago on the "Bank of Wal-Mart" thing. The
> commentator was mostly in favor of it with some monitoring since the
> market that would be served by the "Bank of Wal-Mart" was the folks
> typically turned away by the "mainstream" banks and abused by the
> "Community financial services" a.k.a. loan shark set.

I tell ya, I see those check cashing places now and then and
I think that is just cold. Some people can't get their act
together to get a checking account, so they have to pay
a percentage to cash their paycheck. Ouch. The people
who can least afford it.

I say if WalMart will do that for $3, it's got to help some people.

nancy