Payday loans still advertised on Google after pledge

Published October 6, 2016 4:01am ET



Payday loan products are still advertised in Google search results, five months after the technology company excited consumer groups by pledging to ban payday lenders from its ad system.

Although ads from payday lenders do not appear to be populating Google search results, ads from lead-generation companies that route potential borrowers to lenders are, a review of results indicates.

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