Tag: Payday Loans

In releasing the bill, Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ga., said he was "particularly excited about the financial reforms, which slash harmful regulations, streamline outdated agency processes, and rein in the rogue Consumer Financial Protection Bureau." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP spending bill would rein in the CFPB

Joseph Lawler · June 28, 2017 8:51 pm

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed sweeping regulations for the $3.6 billion payday lending industry. (AP Photo/Vik Jolly, File)

Professor brings another take on payday lending

Joseph Lawler · January 16, 2017 5:01 am

Only executive actions and rules that are still in the proposal stage can be immediately canceled, the group warned. Those include the payday lending rules proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in June, meant to prevent borrowers from falling into debt "traps" of successive high-cost loans. (AP Photo/Vik Jolly)

Koch-backed group aims for quick repeal of Obama payday, arbitration rules

Joseph Lawler · January 6, 2017 8:13 pm

Payday lenders may benefit from President-elect Trump's victory. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump may be a boon for payday lenders

Joseph Lawler · November 20, 2016 5:01 am

A supporter of a ballot measure that would cap short-term lenders' interest rates in South Dakota, decorates a pumpkin for the campaign in Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP Photo/James Nord, File)

Payday lending on the ballot in South Dakota

Joseph Lawler · November 3, 2016 4:01 am

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation reported Thursday that just 7 percent of households were unbanked in 2015, down from 7.7 percent in 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Share of households without a bank account falls to lowest level on record

Joseph Lawler · October 20, 2016 2:52 pm

Payday loan products are still advertised in Google search results, five months after the technology company excited consumer groups by pledging to ban payday lenders from its ad system. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Payday loans still advertised on Google after pledge

Joseph Lawler · October 6, 2016 4:01 am

Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley has been speaking on the Senate floor against the Supreme Court nomination of Neil Gorsuch for more than 5 hours. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Payday critics cry foul on pro-industry comments to agency

Joseph Lawler · October 5, 2016 5:22 pm

Companies that issue prepaid cards will have to provide new consumer protections, consumer bureau says. (AP Photo/Swayne B. Hall)

New rules coming for increasingly popular prepaid cards

Joseph Lawler · October 5, 2016 4:34 am

Why pawnshops escaped the consumer bureau’s proposed payday rules

Joseph Lawler · September 25, 2016 4:01 am

Consumer bureau has proposed rules that could effectively shut down the industry. (AP Photo/Ryan J. Foley)

Payday lenders tout overwhelmingly positive feedback

Joseph Lawler · September 5, 2016 4:01 am

Lawmakers want "cooling off" period extended and an exception to a repayment rule removed. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Payday loan rules need fixing, Senate Democrats tell consumer bureau

Joseph Lawler · July 20, 2016 5:25 pm