Payday News Stories, Week of July 10, 2015

Payday lenders gave $15M to GOP campaigns in 2014 races: report
By Tim Devaney, The Hill
July 7, 2015

Group holds rally against payday lenders
Idaho Press-Tribune
July 4, 2015

CFPB Narratives Tell Stories of People Caught in the Payday Lending Debt Trap
By Adam Rust, Bank Talk
July 6, 2015

Shark Week campaign launches to stop predatory lending practices
By Lydia Wheeler, The Hill
July 6, 2015

Residents protest ‘predatory’ payday loan businesses
By Kelcie Moseley, Idaho Press Tribune
July 7, 2015

Shark Week : balancing fin facts with fear?
By Steve Tarter, Peoria Journal Star
July 7, 2015

Abusive lending practices target people of color
By Charlene Crowell, Philadelphia Tribune
July 7, 2015

Operators Of Massive Payday Loan Scheme Banned From Industry
By Ashlee Kieler, Consumerist
July 7, 2015

Defendants In Massive Payday Lending Scheme Agree To Industry Ban
By Dan Margolies, KCUR
July 7, 2015

Operators of Payday Loan Scheme Face Industrywide Ban
By Kevin Wack, American Banker
July 7, 2015

FTC announces $54M in payday loan settlements
By Kevin McCoy, USA Today
July 7, 2015

FTC Halts Payday Lending Fraud Scheme
PYMNTS
July 7th, 2015

Payday Lender Lobbying And Campaign Spending Top $15 Million For 2014 Election Cycle [Report]
Value Walk
July 7, 2015

Firms accused of faking loans, draining bank accounts settle with feds
By Lindsay Wise, Kansas City Star
July 7, 2015

Groups in South Dakota hope to cap payday loan interest rates
By Melea VanOstrand, KOTA Territory News
July 7, 2015

Provision: Payday lenders could provide insurance, financial advice
By Kevin Crowe & Paul Gores, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 7, 2015

Payday lending abuses
Snohomish Times
July 7, 2015

Alternative to payday loans proposed for city employees
By Dustin Hoyt, KXXV
July 8, 2015

Feds issue ban against KC-area payday lenders
Wichita Business Journal
July 8, 2015

FTC Announces Settlement in Payday Lending Scheme
By the Associated Press, CBS St. Louis
July 8, 2015

Protestors gather for #SharkWeek at Luetkemeyer’s office
By Travis Zimpfer, Missouri Times
July 8, 2015

Senate budget loosens payday loan regulations
By Steven Elbow, Capital Times
July 9, 2015

Turns Out Obama Wasn’t Targeting Porn, Guns, Gambling And Payday Loans After All
By Zach Carter & Ryan Reilly, Huffington Post
July 9, 2015

Patriarch of Payday Loans Said to Face U.S. Racketeering Probe
By Zeke Faux, Bloomberg Business
July 9, 2015

Massive Payday Loan Fraud Scheme Stopped
Kansas City infoZine
July 9, 2015

Lotteries, payday lending, and the swindling of America’s poor
By Michael Gerson, Washington Post
July 9, 2015

During #SharkWeek Campaign To Stop Payday Loan Shark Attacks, New Poll Shows Americans See Payday Lenders as Predators
From National People’s Action, Common Dreams
July 9, 2015

Scott Walker may veto payday lenders budget provisions
By Patrick Marley, Jason Stein & Andrew Hahn, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
July 9, 2015

Mainstream banks also offer payday-style loans
By Karen de Sá, Monterey Bay Herald
July 9, 2015

Group fishing for end of predatory lenders
By Ryan Voyles, Herald Review
July 10, 2015

Keefe Bruyette & Woods Initiates Coverage on Cash America Intl to Market Perform with Price Target $28.00
By Lauren Austin, Money Flow Index
July 10, 2015