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Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

By Ben Hallman

Credit unions remake themselves in image of payday lenders

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By Julie Vorman

Profiting from recession, payday lenders spend big to fight regulation

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By David Heath

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

By David Heath

Treasury Dept. anti-foreclosure program "abysmal," says watchdog

By David Heath

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By Julie Vorman

Obama's new plan for underwater mortgages may be too little too late

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By Michael Hudson

Data confirms that securitized mortgages less likely to be modified

By Amy Biegelsen

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By Michael Hudson

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By The Associated Press

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By John Dunbar and David Donald

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Bank of America pays $108 million to settle latest case against troubled Countrywide unit

Struggling homeowners who were overbilled by two Countrywide Financial subsidiaries for services such as lawn care and home inspections at t

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You broke it? You fix it.

By John Dunbar

Leaders of the nation’s No. 1 subprime lender charged by the SEC

By Kat Aaron

Countrywide loan underwriter found herself in ‘dangerous territory’

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Predatory lending: A decade of warnings

By Kat Aaron

FactWatch: Fannie and Freddie were followers, not leaders, in mortgage frenzy

By Michael Hudson

Republicans insist that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "were the main cause of the nation's current financial turmoil” but a look at the data sh

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Conservative think tank's plan would limit securitization of mortgages

By Amy Biegelsen

Meltdown 101

By John Dunbar

S&P not shy about using its clout politically

By Michael Hudson and Aaron Mehta

Data shows Deutsche Bank was key patron of questionable mortgage lenders

By Michael Hudson

Data shows Deutsche Bank was key patron of questionable mortgage lenders

By Michael Hudson

Data shows Deutsche Bank was key patron of questionable mortgage lenders

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By Michael Hudson

A roundup of investigations in the three years since the last market crash

By Shirley Gao

The roots of the financial crisis: Who is to blame?

By John Dunbar and David Donald

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By The Center for Public Integrity

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Buyer beware

By David Heath

New consumer agency powerless against dishonest auto lending practices

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Report: Car loans include billions in undisclosed charges

By Keith Epstein

Virginians protest General Electric over foreclosures

By Amy Biegelsen and Emma Schwartz

Investigative armada unleashed on sub-prime mortgage mess

By Andrew Green

The roots of the financial crisis: Who is to blame?

By John Dunbar and David Donald

WaMu, other banks motivated by greed, financial crisis probe concludes

By David Heath

WaMu, other bankers knowingly sold bad loans, Senate probe of crisis concludes

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Senior Treasury Dept. official is latest financial regulator to resign

By Julie Vorman

Morgan Stanley latest to settle with Massachusetts

International regulators order mega-banks to boost capital to 9.5 percent

By Shirley Gao

Dodd-Frank author is proudest of "skin in the game" requirement for mortgage securitizers

By Shirley Gao

Report: Car loans include billions in undisclosed charges

By Keith Epstein

Beyond regulation, auto lenders charge billions in hidden rate markups

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By David Heath

Virginians protest General Electric over foreclosures

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By Joe Eaton

As Congress negotiates a final version of financial reform, one group of lenders has already won a blanket carve out from increased bank reg

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By David Heath

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By Keith Epstein, Ben Protess and David Heath

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