Predatory Lending
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D.C. AG Sues Online Lender for Predatory Loans to City Residents
D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine has sued OppFi, an online financial institution accused of making predatory and deceptive loans to…
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Momentum Builds in State Capitols and in D.C. to Rein in Predatory Payday Lending
As the nation and much of the world continue to suffer from the rippling effects of COVID-19, the ability of…
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Voters Prefer Payday Lending Protection, Regulators Seek Less
A bold effort to benefit business and commerce focuses on growing customers while taking the teeth out of consumer protection…
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Don’t Let Predatory Lenders Rob Your Holiday Joy
The holiday season is also a time when predatory lenders offer enticements to put more debt than money into your…
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Time for CFPB to ‘Do the Right Thing’ and Enact Payday Loan Rules
The CFPB has functioned more recently to help predatory lenders than to fulfill its statutory mission of consumer protection.
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Reparations Must Include the Costs of Predatory Lending
Public policy institutes as well as university-based research from the University of California at Berkeley and Duke University are connecting…
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CFPB Denies Duty to Enforce Military Lending Act
While these brave men and women protect us, the nation should also protect them — including from the clutches of…
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Predatory Lending Rooted in Antebellum South: Study
A doctoral student at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, recently complied evidence that traces predatory lending…
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CFPB Moves to Support Payday Lenders During Black History Month
Slavery’s iron shackles that bound women, children and men may be gone. But in today’s America, the iron has been…
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Don’t Let Small-Dollar Loans Ruin Your Holidays
If holiday lists seem bigger than budgets, turning to a high-interest, “small-dollar” loan can turn joy and merriment into a…
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