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Reality Check: Meet the GOP-Assembled, Big Bank-Backed Panel for Today’s Hearing Attacking the CFPB (Again)
Luetkemeyer has assembled a who’s who of CFPB opponents that represent some of the country’s most powerful special interests.
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Report: Congressional “Payday Puppets” Exposed
CFPB payday lending rule in jeopardy – Congress awash in payday cash could vote to gut important new protections.
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Report: Trump’s Payday
Report examines how the payday lending industry courted Trump from candidate to President-elect to President and how they plan to cash in.
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Reality Check: American Banker Publishes Grossly Misleading Op-Ed by Payday Lending Group Honcho
Shaul worked for the House Financial Services Committee before taking a $500,000 a year job shilling for an industry he once helped to oversee.
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Reality Check: Mulvaney Admits He’s Relying on His “Gut” (Rather Than Facts) in Payday Debate
Experts agree the Florida model does not offer strong consumer protections. In Fact, it allows payday lenders to trap consumers in cycles of debt featuring 300-400% interest rates.
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Special Report: Mick Mulvaney Is a Payday Industry Puppet
While the Trump administration has paid lip service to the notion of taking on powerful financial interests and standing up for hard working Americans, Mulvaney has always been a payday industry puppet.
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Payday Lenders Cry Crocodile Tears After CFPB Properly Categorizes Suspicious Public Comments Opposing Payday Rule
Review of public comments opposing payday rule also found hundreds of examples using the exact same sentences and paragraphs, word-for-word.
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Don’t Be Fooled: New CEI Payday Report Authored by Disgraced Payday Industry Attorney Caught Manipulating Academic Study
New Competitive Enterprise Institute payday report is flawed, authored by disgraced payday attorney caught manipulating previous study.
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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.