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**FILE** Rohit Chopra (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau via Wikimedia Commons)

Financial Literacy

CFPB Seeks Rule on Junk Fees to Put $9B Back in Consumers’ Pockets

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer February 15, 2023February 16, 2023

Financial Literacy

DOJ Initiative Fights Redlining in Cyberspace and the Real World

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer January 19, 2023January 23, 2023

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Financial Literacy

Dr. King’s Quest for Economic Justice Continues

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer January 4, 2023January 5, 2023

**FILE** HBCU students celebrate their graduation. (Courtesy photo)

Financial Literacy

When Student Loan Repayments Resume, Will Problems Return, Too?

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer November 7, 2022November 10, 2022

**FILE** Rohit Chopra (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau via Wikimedia Commons)

Financial Literacy

Business, Bank Groups Sue to Stop CFPB’s Fight Against Financial Discrimination

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer October 20, 2022October 24, 2022

**FILE** TD Bank branch in Chinatown in Washington, D.C. (Matthew G. Bisanz via Wikimedia Commons)

Financial Literacy

Financial Fairness at Risk With Proposed TD Bank-First Horizon Merger

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer September 15, 2022September 20, 2022

Seventy-seven percent of Howard University graduates leave school with student loan debt. (Courtesy of blackholisticlifestyle.com.)

Financial Literacy

Biden Student Debt Forgiveness Plan Begins, Not Ends

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer September 1, 2022September 2, 2022

**FILE** Howard University, a historically Black institution, is located in northwest D.C. (Courtesy of Howard University)

Financial Literacy

Like Black Families, HBCUs are Financially Shortchanged

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer August 18, 2022December 11, 2024

red and white no smoking sign

Financial Literacy

Non-Bank Lender Trident Mortgage to Pay Over $22M for Redlining

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer August 4, 2022August 4, 2022

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Financial Literacy

Exploitative Overdraft Fees Strip $15B from Bank Customers

by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer July 21, 2022July 25, 2022