Payday News, week of April 1, 2016

Partner blogs, posts & press releases: March 29, 2016 Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Letter to Rep. Wasserman Schultz on the “Consumer Protection and Choice Act” “H.R. 4018 would impose a two-year moratorium on any rulemaking by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that would regulate “deferred presentment transactions” – better known as, but not limited to, so-called …

Arizona Payday Lenders Caught Fraudulently Getting Petition Signatures

As reported in The Arizona Republic: Heavy lobbying …And it follows on the heels of an aggressive campaign to open up Arizona to flexible-credit loans. Backers of the quick-loan industry, many of whom offer payday loans in other states, hired Axiom, a lobbying and consulting firm with ties to Ducey, to shepherd the bill through the Legislature. Industry representatives have …

Payday News, week of March 4, 2016

March 1, 2016 Huffington Post DNC Chair Joins GOP Attack On Elizabeth Warren’s Agency Wasserman Schultz is co-sponsoring a new bill that would gut the CFPB’s forthcoming payday loan regulations. For more coverage: Palm Beach Post | Cerabino: Lawmakers should try fund-raising by payday loan terms The Detroit News | O’Connor: Payday loan act is a payday for somebody Huffington …

Payday News, week of January 29, 2016

January 28, 2016 ChristianToday Iowa: Catholics and evangelicals unite to put payday loans on agenda Evangelicals and Catholics have united in an effort to put payday lending on the agenda ahead of the Iowa caucus, according to the Catholic News Service. For more coverage: CatholicPhilly.com|Iowa caucuses, lawmakers getting payday lending issue on their radar January 29, 2016 Public News Service …