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Wells Fargo Stashed $560k in (Campaign) Accounts of Members of Congress Seeking to Cripple Consumer Agency
Wells Fargo gave $560,000 to Congress Members that want to cripple the agency that fined the bank $100 million for secretly opening two million phony accounts.
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Special Report: Something’s Rotten in the State of Georgia
Georgia’s shameful record of voter suppression and the partisan and sometimes racially charged motivations of those administering its elections.
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Reporter Fails to Note Supposed Payday Success Story Works for a Payday Lender
Newspaper failed to note that a payday lender accounted for 80% of the supposed success story’s business in 2015.
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Payday-Funded Group Cites Payday-Funded Poll to Argue Against CFPB’s Payday Rule
The main payday lending industry trade group contributed $385,000 to the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce from 2011-2014.
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The Hill Corrects Pro-Payday Op-Ed, Now Notes Conflict of Interest
The Hill initially failed to disclose that a majority of a pro-payday op-ed author’s business revenue comes from a payday lending company.
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Now We Know Why Politicians Were Pushing Disastrous “Florida Model” of Payday Lending So Hard
Florida-based Amscot Financial, which has contributed almost $1 million to Florida politicians, was planning national expansion if CFPB adopted disastrous “Florida model.”
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Race-Baiting Propaganda Outlet Failed to Disclose Conflicts of Payday “Success Story” It Profiled
Breitbart News profiled a supposed payday lending “success story” but didn’t disclose his conflicts of interest.
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Small Businessman Claims to be Satisfied Payday Customer, Fails to Note 80% of His Revenue Comes from Payday Lender
Author of op-ed in The Hill failed to mention he’s a contractor for payday lenders and that’s where 80% of his revenue comes from.
Sherrill Failed to Mention That 80% of His Business Revenue Is from a Payday Lender
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Payday Industry Front Group’s “Voices of Support” Took at Least $492,000 from Payday Lenders
The elected officials listed by Floridians for Financial Choice as “Voices of Support” have accepted at least $492,300 in campaign contributions from the payday lenders.
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Payday Spokesman Who Once Labeled Industry Risky, Claims Borrowers Have Few Complaints
Study shows majority of payday consumers feel taken advantage of by payday lenders and nearly 3/4’s of borrowers support more regulation of industry.