Payday Loan Reform News – October 29

Highlight   Herring, other AGs, seek continued consumer protection for service members Fairfax News, October 23 In a letter to the CFPB and Director Mulvaney, Herring and a bipartisan coalition of 32 other attorneys general urge the CFPB to reconsider its reported decision to stop examining lenders to ensure they are complying with the MLA. More Coverage: Jackley calls for …

Mulvaney’s Consumer Bureau Signals Plans To Roll Back Consumer Protections Against Payday Debt Traps

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 26, 2018 CONTACT: Desmond Lee; desmond.lee@berlinrosen.com; 646-517-1826                   Carter Dougherty, carter@ourfinancialsecurity.org; (202) 251-6700   MULVANEY’S CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU SIGNALS PLANS TO ROLL BACK CONSUMER PROTECTIONS AGAINST PAYDAY DEBT TRAPS   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the consumer bureau, under acting director Mick Mulvaney and deputy director Brian Johnson, has announced its plans to “reconsider” the “ability-to-repay provisions” of its landmark …

Stop The Debt Trap Campaign Statement on One-Year Anniversary of the CFPB Issuing the Payday Rule

Contact: Desmond Lee; desmond.lee@berlinrosen.com; 646-517-1826 Courtney Boland; courtney.boland@berlinrosen.com; 646-757-8755 For Immediate Release October 5, 2018 Predatory lenders and now new CFPB leadership have the rule in their cross-hairs WASHINGTON, D.C. – Exactly one year ago today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule to help stop payday and car-title loans from trapping consumers in debt. Since then, predatory lenders …

Payday Loan Reform News – October 2

Highlight   Protect the Military Lending Act September 20, The Hill Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Mick Mulvaney has vowed to end proactive oversight of payday lenders and other predatory lenders, accusing his own agency’s supervisors of being “overly aggressive.” The MLA’s protections include clear-cut guidelines for bank and non-bank lenders. Among them, lenders can’t charge service members …