Payday Loan Sharks in Doral, Chumming it up with Trump

Last week, the payday lending trade group, CFSAA, held their annual conference at none other than the Trump Doral resort near Miami. Last year, they moved their annual conference from Phoenix to Trump’s gaudy hotel and golf course. Later that year, then-director of the CFPB Mick Mulvaney signaled that the agency would roll back crucial protections against predatory lending practices, …

Payday Loan Reform News – November 5

Highlight   Editorial: Taking step back on payday lending unwarranted October 30, Herald-Dispatch The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced it will revisit a crucial part of its year-old payday-lending industry regulations. This move that will likely make it more difficult for the bureau to protect consumers from potential abuses, if changed. More Coverage: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to revisit payday-loan …

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 …

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 …

Payday Loan Reform News – August 6

Highlight A Gallery of Deregulators August 3, Jacobin The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), which grants federal charters to banks, began accepting applications on Tuesday from financial technological (or “fintech”) firms like robo-stock advisors such as Betterment or lenders like SoFi or Lending Club. Other News Kristen Gillibrand Has an Ambitious Plan to Take on Payday Lenders: …

Payday Loan Reform News – July 30

    Online Lending Needs More Regulation: New York Regulator July 30, Bloomberg Online lenders should face stricter rules and oversight, according to a recent report from the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). Despite a suspect nominee, CFPB can still protect consumers July 26, The Hill The Senate Banking Committee conducted a confirmation hearing for Consumer Financial Protection …

Payday Loan Reform News – July 23

Highlight Trump’s Pick for CFPB Dodges Senators’ Policy, Budget Questions July 19, Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dodged most questions about her policy priorities and plans for cutting the bureau’s budget at a contentious July 19 confirmation hearing. Other News The Structural Biases Behind Financial Lending Won’t Stop Until We Start Speaking Out …

Payday Loan Reform News – July 9

Highlight Trump Administration War on CFPB Is Bad News for Communities of Color July 7, Common Dreams Two years into the Trump administration, communities of color — and anyone using financial products, for that matter – are losing hope of finding an independent, dogged champion in Trump’s iteration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. A brain-child of Senator Elizabeth Warren, …

Payday Loan Reform News – July 2

Highlight   AG Joins Effort To Fight Legislation Terminating States’ Ability To Prevent Abusive Lending Practices June 28, Los Alamos Daily Post The coalition of 20 AG’s sent a letter to leadership in the U.S. Senate expressing their opposition to the proposed legislation, which would invalidate the States’ ability to limit interest rates on payday and other high interest loans, …