WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to Congressional testimony from Thomas Pahl — a CFPB policy associate director for research, markets and regulations — that “We did not do any new research” before the Trump administration proposed  scrapping protections from the payday loan debt trap, Allied Progress spokesman Jeremy Funk issued the following statement:  “In the same breath … Continue reading CFPB Official Admits Trump Payday Proposal Not Based On “Any New Research”