Payday News Stories, Week of October 9, 2015

October 2, 2015
Huffington Post
How to Protect the Working Poor From 300 Percent Interest Rates

October 2, 2015
Reuters Online
U.S. payday lending probe targets Philadelphia-area businessman: records

October 2, 2015
Washington Examiner Online
Obama’s Postal Service nominees opposed by labor, civil rights groups

October 2, 2015
Telegraph Online
Political Notebook: New program focuses on helping military

October 2, 2015
Naked Capitalism
Fight Over Postal Service Board Heats Up as Labor/Consumer Advocates/Minority Coalition Opposes Payday Lender Lobbyist, Privatization Backers

October 4, 2015
Chronicle of Higher Education Online
Tough on Colleges, Arne Duncan Bequeaths Record of Advocacy for Students

October 4, 2015
Washington Post Online
Shaky economy hits not just student-loan holders but all workers

October 5, 2015
American Banker Online
Yes, Payday Borrowers Are Forced to Take Out More Loans

October 5, 2015
Record & Herald News Online
Complaint alleges Rep. Scott Garrett, others helped payday loan industry prior to campaign donations

October 5, 2015
Plunderbund
Ohio Congressman Called Out For Payday Lending Hackery

October 5, 2015
Star Tribune Online
Opponents, new lenders get traction against payday-credit industry

October 5, 2015
Crooks and Liars
Don’t Put Privatizer and Payday Lender Lobbyist On The USPS Board

October 5, 2015
CU Today
Analysis Urges CFPB To Think Through Implications of Any New Rules Around Collections

October 5, 2015
Commercial Appeal Online
Group questions Fincher’s contributions from payday lenders

October 7, 2015
Jackson Sun Online
Report: Fincher contributions questioned

October 5, 2015
Dallas Morning News Online
Group files ethics complaint against Sessions, Hensarling, and Neugebauer; cites donations from payday loan industry

October 6, 2015
WAMU-FM Online
How Virginia Became the Region’s Hub For High-Interest Loans

October 6, 2015
South Florida Reporter
Rep. Alcee Hastings and 10 others implicated in alleged bribery scheme

October 6, 2015
New York Times Online
‘How the Other Half Banks,’ by Mehrsa Baradaran

October 6, 2015
WTVM-TV Online
Alabama payday loan database showing big numbers in short time

October 6, 2015
New Jersey Herald Online
Garrett says payday lender votes consistent with regulatory stand

October 6, 2015
Bergen Dispatch
Republican Congressman Garrett Under Fire Over Donations From Payday Lenders

October 6, 2015
JD Supra
“Phantom” Debt Collectors Actually Sued by FTC, Banned From Business

October 7, 2015
Wall Street Journal Online
Sue the Bank? You May Get Your Shot

October 7, 2015
American Banker Online
Cost-Conscious Banks Have Little Interest in Small-Dollar Loans

October 7, 2015
Washington Informer Online
Borrowers Beware of High-Cost Payday Loans

October 7, 2015
MPR Finance
MN Supreme Court: Payday loan limits constitutional

October 8, 2015
EWTN News
How the Catholic Church is fighting loan sharks in Texas

October 8, 2015
ProPublica
The Color of Debt: How Collection Suits Squeeze Black Neighborhoods

October 8, 2015
Voice of OC
Constitutional Amendment Would Shine Light on ‘Dark Money’

October 8, 2015
Nation Online
Did Predatory Lenders Pay These 12 Lawmakers to Hobble the CFBP?