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News Stories
Title | Media Outlet | Date | URL |
|---|---|---|---|
Another thing your ZIP code determines: Your experience with student debt | MarketWatch | 07/01/2020 | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/another-thing-your-zip-code-determines-your-experience-with-student-debt-2020-06-29 |
Supreme Court Weakens Independence of Consumer Watchdog | NCLC | 06/29/2020 | https://www.nclc.org/media-center/supreme-court-weakens-independence-of-consumer-watchdog.html |
Let The Borrower Beware: Texas Payday Loans Carry Average 600% Interest Rate | CBS DFW | 06/10/2020 | https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/06/10/borrower-beware-texas-payday-loans-600-percent-interest-rate/ |
Capital One and Other Debt Collectors Are Still Coming for Millions of Americans | ProPublica | 06/08/2020 | https://www.propublica.org/article/capital-one-and-other-debt-collectors-are-still-coming-for-millions-of-americans |
AG Racine Sues Predatory Online Lender For Illegal High-Interest Loans To District Consumers | Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia | 06/05/2020 | https://oag.dc.gov/release/ag-racine-sues-predatory-online-lender-illegal |
Overdraft fees are hitting vulnerable communities the hardest | Marketplace | 06/04/2020 | https://www.marketplace.org/2020/06/04/overdraft-fees-are-hitting-vulnerable-communities-the-hardest/ |
How Payday Lenders Target Consumers Hurt by Coronavirus | The Wall Street Journal | 06/03/2020 | https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-payday-lenders-target-consumers-hurt-by-coronavirus-11591176601 |
CFPB Attorney Who Helped Water Down Payday Lending Rule Operated a High-Cost Auto Lender | The American Prospect | 05/20/2020 | https://prospect.org/power/cfpb-appointee-helped-water-down-payday-lending-rule/ |
Consumer bureau draws fire for pro-business tilt during crisis | Politico | 05/16/2020 | https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/16/consumer-bureau-pro-business-tilt-coronavirus-crisis-261394 |
Federal Reserve Board issues Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households | The Federal Reserve | 05/14/2020 | https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/other20200514a.htm |
Payday lenders charging 400% interest want access to small-business loans | Stars and Stripes | 05/08/2020 | https://www.stripes.com/news/us/payday-lenders-charging-400-interest-want-access-to-small-business-loans-1.629003 |
Strip clubs, payday lenders, lobbyists fight to get emergency federal loans | The Washington Post | 05/06/2020 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/06/sba-strip-clubs/ |
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