Latest Research
Showing the Latest Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Results
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Group Pushing “Florida Model” of Payday Lending Tied to Wasserman Schultz Spokesman’s Firm
Floridians for Financial Choice Appears to Be a Client of Sachs Media Group, the Same Firm Where Wasserman Schultz’s Spokesperson Serves As a Partner
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Anti-CFPB Front Group ‘Protect America’s Consumers’ Tied to Notorious Voter Fraud Org
Appears Protect America’s Consumers has hired Lincoln Strategy Group to assist their anti-CFPB astroturf efforts.
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8 Seconds of Honesty: Payday Trade Group Leader Admits His Members’ Rates Can Be “Too Excessive”
“…There are cases even among our lenders…where the rate is too excessive…,” says Dennis Shaul.
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Payday Lending Front Group Ties Itself in Knots Defending Disastrous “Florida Model”
By their own calculations, a whopping 76% of consumers take out three or more predatory loans a year!
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EXPOSED: Face of New Payday Front Group Once Backed Reform, Then Lenders Started Giving Him Money
New pro-payday industry front group “Floridians for Financial Choice” is using former Rep. Kendrick Meek as its public face.
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A Florida Plan: How The Payday Lending Industry Bought Florida’s Political Establishment
Payday lenders have contributed more than $2.5 million to Florida candidates and political parties since 2009.
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Phony FOIA Scandal: Using Anti-CFPB Group’s Standard, Anti-CFPB Groups are in Cahoots with CFPB
We can FOIA too and we’re calling b.s. on this phony “scandal” designed to muddy the CFPB’s reputation.
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Koch-Funded Group Recycles Anti-CFPB Talking Points from Shady Koch-Tied Astroturf Group
Koch-Funded Americans for Prosperity operative writes an op-ed bashing the CFPB using the same debunked talking points pushed by Koch-Tied Protect America’s Consumers.
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Shady Astroturf Group Creates Anti-CFPB Attack Ad About Pretend Donors to Pretend Campaign
The previous organization employing Protect America’s Consumers CEO Stephen Gates had hypothetical (fake) constituents write (forge) letters to Members of Congress.
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Reality Check: Highly Paid Payday Industry Mouthpiece Who Opposes Reform Thinks CFPB’s Reform Efforts Are “Rushed”
Dennis Shaul things things are being rushed!?! The CFPB proposed outline of the new payday lending rule over a year ago.