Posted by Sidney Diamond on Thu, Aug 13, 2009 @ 05:48 PM
Lots of people seeking help from a bankruptcy lawyer to file a Chapte 7 (eliminate unsecured creditors) or a chapter 13, have one or more payday loans. Payday loans are difficult to deal with for both the client and the bankruptcy lawyer. The companies that offer these loans seem to know every trick in the book to continue receiving payments, as well as avoiding having their addresses known so they cannot be notified of a bankruptcy filing. The only way to prevent such a lender from collecting on their loan is to close the bank account upon which the lender collects its funds. Merely having a zeo balance does not seem to work, inasmuch as many people have accounts that have overdraft protection or at the least, will incur a charge for every returned check. Closing their bank accounts presents a few challenges to many clients for reasons such as automatic withdrawals for monthly payments and/or direct deposits of checks. If you are going to stop these folks from collecting, you must promptly close your account and open a new account at a different bank.