Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

Excerpts from this story referencing "Community Financial Services Association of America":

"… n 2007, Shurtleff accepted free round-trip airfare to the Bahamas from the Community Financial Services Association of America, a payday-lending trade group, which had invited him to speak at its annua …"

Payday lenders boost spending on lobbying, campaigns as consumer agency takes shape

By Julie Vorman

Payday lenders more than doubled their spending on federal lobbying to $9.2 million in 2009-10, an investment that defeated Congressional at

Fights over tribal payday lenders show challenges of financial reform

By Michael Hudson and David Heath

High-interest payday lenders are teaming up with Native Americans to shield their online businesses from lawsuits and consumer-lending regul
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Broad reach of new consumer financial agency may fall short in some areas

By David Heath

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that opens on July 21 faces Republican lawmakers who want to chip away at its power, companies that

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Elizabeth Warren's hands tied in payday lending oversight

The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is given broad powers to regulate non-traditional financial institutions. But it can't cap the
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Storefront payday lenders criticize online rivals for affiliating with Indian tribes

By Michael Hudson

Online, storefront payday lenders divided as new consumer agency targets industry

Race car driver Scott Tucker drew an elaborate facade around his payday loan businesses

By David Heath

Payday lender Scott Tucker stayed one step ahead of the law

Excerpts from this story referencing "Community Financial Services Association of America":

"… onsumer Federation of America. The head of the payday lending trade group Community Financial Services Association of America, D. Lynn DeVault, said that using tribes to avoid state laws violates the …"

In trouble from an online payday loan? You might not have to repay it

By David Heath

Regulators urge people not to repay illegal online payday loans

Profiting from recession, payday lenders spend big to fight regulation

By Keith Epstein

Industry steps up lobbying as Senate grapples with financial reform

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