Payday lending

The nominee to run the consumer bureau endured tough questioning over the administration’s family-separation policy but appeared to weather the barrage.

The bureau determined that Triton Management Group had unfairly charged Mississippi consumers excess interest in violation of state law.

Paul Watkins served as chief counsel for the Arizona AG's 150-person civil litigation division and also headed up the office's fintech initiatives.

The CFPB said National Credit Adjusters had hired third-party collectors that routinely inflated the amounts that customers owed.

The Senate bill, designed to close a loophole in the state's interest rate cap and was closley monitored by the Ohio Credit Union League, must still be reconciled with a similar measure that was passed by the Ohio House of Representatives.

A law designed to minimize the drawbacks of short-term loans and other alternative financial products may have helped legitimize them.

The Senate bill, designed to close a loophole in the state's interest rate cap, must still be reconciled with a similar measure that was passed by the Ohio House of Representatives.

A decades-old Fed charter could help banks develop new cooperatives to combat economic inequality.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s bulletin is seen as just one piece of the regulatory puzzle to coax banks into installment lending.

Joel Tucker is the brother of Scott Tucker, who in January was sentenced to 16 years in prison for perpetrating an unrelated payday-loan scheme.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s bulletin is seen as just one piece of the regulatory puzzle to coax banks into installment lending.

Two Native American tribes agreed to forfeit $3 million in money they took in for acting as fronts for a scam run by Scott Tucker, the former race-car driver convicted of operating an illegal payday loan business.

New legislation to offer banking services at post offices comes with some flawed assumptions, but payday lending needs an overhaul.

The trend may be partly attributable to a strong economy. Growth in high-cost installment lending could also be a factor.

Jan Lynn Owen works at the epicenter of the digital revolution, but she is unambiguously cautious about the fintech industry.

New legislation to offer banking services at post offices comes with some flawed assumptions, but payday lending needs an overhaul.

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The new chair of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors argues that state regulators will keep protecting consumers if the CFPB curtails oversight.

The CFPB ordered Security Group Inc. to pay $5 million for making illegal threats, including that consumers could go to jail.

In his inaugural hearing as comptroller of the currency, Joseph Otting defended his decision not to publicly rebuke banks for Wells Fargo-like problems.