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CFPB 101: What Kraninger Needs To Know About The Consumer Complaint Database
Consumer complaint data is integral to carrying out the CFPB’s responsibilities of bringing investigations against Predatory Lenders and Financial Scammers.
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Mick Mulvaney: A Masterclass in Transparency Avoidance
Dodging Freedom of Information Act requests, not answering questions from Congress, avoiding oversight…all in a day’s work at Mick Mulvaney’s CFPB.
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Mulvaney & Schmidt: Bad for Seniors and Consumers, Great for Financial Scammers
Topeka town hall featuring Kansas Attorney and CFPB’s acting director will focus on financial scams targeting seniors, likely ignore duo’s record of undermining efforts to protect seniors.
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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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Hensarling’s Revolving Door
How the House Financial Services Committee has become an industry revolving door with many staffers either investing in or having taken junkets from the financial industry.
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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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Report: Death Trap
The sad truth is that the Uniform Law Commission’s Drafting Committee to Revise the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act is considering a number of changes to the Act designed to keep beneficiaries separated from property that is rightfully theirs for as long as possible. When big corporations are able to do this they win and consumers lose.
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Report: Cheaper By The Dozen
A new report from Allied Progress details how a dozen Members of Congress were showered with campaign contributions by payday lenders within days of taking official actions that benefited the industry.