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Media Outlet
Date
URL
Report: Texas Payday & Auto-Title Lenders Got Over $45 Million In Federal Pandemic Aid
KERA News
02/02/2021
https://www.keranews.org/business-economy/2021-02-02/report-texas-payday-and-auto-title-lenders-got-over-45-million-in-federal-pandemic-aid
Dallas Expands Payday Loan Regulations To Close 'Loophole'
KERA News
01/28/2021
https://www.keranews.org/business-economy/2021-01-28/dallas-expands-payday-loan-regulations-to-close-loophole
Better Business Bureau gives advice for dealing with debt collectors
News Channel 6
01/18/2021
https://www.newschannel6now.com/2021/01/19/better-business-bureau-gives-advice-dealing-with-debt-collectors/
Debt collectors, payday lenders collected over $500 million in federal pandemic relief
The Washington Post
01/15/2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/01/15/debt-collectors-payday-ppp/
New Nonprofit Fund Offers Alternatives To 'Predatory Loan' Industry In Texas
High Plains Public Radio
12/02/2020
https://www.hppr.org/hppr-news/2020-12-02/new-nonprofit-fund-offers-alternatives-to-predatory-loan-industry-in-texas
A Trump donor’s company got a 3 percent federal pandemic loan. It sells title loans at a 350 percent annual rate.
Washington Post
11/23/2020
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/11/23/title-lender-gets-pandemic-aid/
Nonprofit lender to offer loans and financial coaching to low-income Texas families
Fort Worth Business Press
11/10/2020
https://fortworthbusiness.com/banking/lender-offers-loans-for-families/
This loan company was founded to help Latino immigrants. It has sued thousands of low-income Latinos during the pandemic.
Texas Tribune
08/31/2020
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/08/31/texas-oportun-lender-latinos/
Government Propped Up Payday Lenders With PPP Loans
The Daily Beast
07/16/2020
https://www.thedailybeast.com/government-propped-up-payday-lenders-with-ppp-loans
Final CFPB Payday and Auto Title Loan Rule Guts Essential Protections
Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops
07/08/2020
https://txcatholic.org/final-cfpb-payday-and-auto-title-loan-rule-guts-essential-protections/
How Private Student Loans are Furthering Racial Disparities in the Student Loan Market
Student Borrower Protection Center
07/07/2020
https://protectborrowers.org/how-private-student-loans-are-furthering-racial-disparities-in-the-student-loan-market/
The savings gap for Americans is a key component of economic stability - here's what we can do about it
Bipartisan Policy Center
07/01/2020
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/the-savings-gap-for-americans-is-a-key-component-of-economic-stability-heres-what-we-can-do-about-it/?_cldee=c21hY2VAdW5pdGVkd2F5ZGFsbGFzLm9yZw%3d%3d&recipientid=contact-7be474361bdfe61180ff5065f38a4b81-f5df0fdc971d4f0d8871e39bc15534c0&utm_source=ClickDimensions&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Project%20Update%20%7C%20Economic%20Policy&esid=5d5b9933-d3c5-ea11-a812-000d3a8c9b90

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