Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

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"… d employees of Louisiana State University, offers a “Money-Wise” Loan. Loans from $100 to $345 are available, at an 18 percent interest rate, with six …"

Maryland challenges online payday lender owned by tribal member

By Amy Biegelsen

Western Sky Financial’s website features a logo with three teepees and a toll-free number for customers to apply for an overnight loan. A no

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
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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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"… tion of documents from two payday lenders, Cash Advance and Preferred Cash Loans, which ran various websites under names such as AmeriLoan and One Click C …"

Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

By Cezary Podkul

Fed loophole lets lenders keep using college logos to pitch student loans

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"… s college, directs students to an ad for the “Grove City College Student Loan.'' The ad, which resides on PNC Financial Services Group's website, promin …"

"… Just below the greeting, PNC discloses: “The Grove City College Student Loan is not being offered or made by Grove City, but by PNC Bank, National Asso …"

"… lobbyist and general counsel for the National Council of Higher Education Loan Programs, which represents lenders, Loan servicers, collection agencies, a …"

"… ons for the lender,” Winfield Crigler, executive director of the Student Loan Servicing Alliance, said in an e-mail obtained through a Freedom of Inform …"

After a disabled borrower’s six-year ordeal, bureaucracy finally forgives student loan

By Sasha Chavkin

After six years battling Education Department, the government finally has forgiven Tina Brooks.
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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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By David Heath

New consumer agency powerless against dishonest auto lending practices

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"… y bundled auto Loans from finance companies, even risky subprime car Loans.Loans to subprime customers — those who have low credit scores because they m …"

Judge orders Quicken Loans to pay $2.7 million award in West Virginia fraud case

By Michael Hudson

A West Virginia judge has slapped online mortgage giant Quicken Loans Inc. with more than $2.7 million in punitive damages and legal costs a

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