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Payday Lenders Prey Especially on Struggling Women
Women make up approximately 60 percent of payday loan customers and payday loan use is even higher among single mothers.
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DeVos Has Been a Disaster for Black Student Borrowers
DeVos is the walking-talking impediment to ending the black student debt crisis.
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Student Borrower Survival Kit for the Trump-DeVos Era
Here’s what students headed back to school or preparing to enter the workforce should watch out for in the Trump-DeVos era.
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‘Placemats’ Are the Trump CFPB’s Weapon of Choice for Stopping Scams. Meanwhile the Bureau Invites More Scams With Its Debt Collection Proposal
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under Donald Trump isn’t what it used to be. Its director, Kathy Kraninger, is a Mick Mulvaney acolyte who brought zero consumer finance experience with her to the job, only a promise to carry out her predecessor’s agenda of letting shady industries write their own rules. And Mulvaney must…
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Here Are the Top 6 Ways CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger Has Failed Americans:
Today marks six months on the job for Kathy Kraninger, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). But over those six months, Kraninger has consistently prioritized the interests of Wall Street and predatory lenders, instead of working to protect everyday consumers (like the literal name of her Bureau says she should). To mark the…