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Showing the Latest Americans for Financial Reform Results
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Groups Praise CFPB on its 5th Anniversary for Making Life “Better for American Families”
Groups say life is better for American families because the CFPB is at work fighting predatory lending and financial abuse.
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“Ability to Repay” Is Key to CFPB’s Proposed Payday Lending Reforms
Broad coalition of groups underscore importance of “ability to repay” requirement in CFPB’s proposed payday lending rule.
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100’s of Organizations Join Efforts to Raise Awareness and Collect Public Comments on CFPB Rule to Rein In Predatory Payday Lending
With CFPB’s proposed rule to rein in predatory payday lenders expected tomorrow, groups unveil StopPaydayPredators.org to gather public comments.
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Groups Press Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Go Further on Payday Lending Reform
The groups challenged the Congresswoman to stop undermining President Obama in his efforts to rein predatory payday lenders.
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Advocates Push Back Against Deceptive, Industry- Funded Academic “Research” on Payday Lending
Following the release of an explosive new report revealing how the payday lending industry finances and influences “academic research,” a coalition of consumer advocacy organizations is calling the country’s leading payday lending industry trade group and its member companies to disavow the fraudulent research and sever its ties with the controversial foundation and individuals responsible for orchestrating the studies.
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Report Reveals Suspiciously Timed Contributions from Payday Lenders to Key Members of Congress
Allied Progress details how twelve Congressmen were showered with thousands of dollars in campaign cash by payday lenders within days of taking official actions to benefit the industry.