NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Black families are underserved and overcharged by institutions that can provide the best channels for saving,” states the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) report,...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A second major disclosure of major consumer data breach was announced on July 29 by Capital One Bank. That same day, the FBI arrested...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Now is also a time to remember that regardless of race or ethnicity, our history chronicles the range of hate crimes that have...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Although in some respects racial equality has improved in the intervening years,” states the report, “in other respects today’s Black citizens remain sharply...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Any universe with payday lending is answering the question of how to make poverty a sustainable profitable enterprise,” noted Boston’s Rep. Ayanna Pressley...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Recent research by the National Low-Income Housing Coalition on housing affordability found that more than 8 million Americans spend half or more of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Despite this abundance of complaints and warranted enforcement, CFPB’s first Trump-appointed leader, Mick Mulvaney as Acting CFPB Director, turned an about face on...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “According to the National Fair Housing Alliance, individuals filed 28,843 housing discrimination complaints in 2017,” said Waters. “Under the Trump Administration, fair housing...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — ...a newly-released audit report finds fault with how the Department of Education (Department) is managing both its loan funds and its 15 contract...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Although Director Kraninger announced a plan to suspend the payday rule, changes in how the Bureau operated with regard to these lenders began...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — … in April of last year, Congress used the Congressional Review Act to nullify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) auto finance guidance...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When given the chance at the ballot box, Americans overwhelmingly vote to impose a 36 percent or less rate cap. Today, 16 states...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…across the country, advertising – particularly on urban radio – tempts listeners with easy ways to get a loan against anticipated tax refunds....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Congresswoman Maxine Waters is now the first Black and the first woman to chair the powerful House Financial Services Committee. Having served on...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Little children in this other America are forced to grow up with clouds of inferiority forming every day in their little mental skies....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…this year, just a week before Christmas, there are people who were dealing with the aftermath of something far colder than the weather:...
![“[Donald] Trump and his appointees have done everything in their power to undermine the Consumer Bureau. Mick Mulvaney, who Trump installed to serve as Acting Director of the agency, dropped lawsuits and investigations into abusive payday lenders, took away the Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity’s enforcement powers, fired the members of the agency’s Consumer Advisory Board, scaled back enforcement actions against bad actors, sought to slash the agency’s budget, and apparently made it his mission to help out bad actors,” said Congresswoman Maxine Waters.](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/mulvaney-featured-web-400x240.jpg)
![“[Donald] Trump and his appointees have done everything in their power to undermine the Consumer Bureau. Mick Mulvaney, who Trump installed to serve as Acting Director of the agency, dropped lawsuits and investigations into abusive payday lenders, took away the Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity’s enforcement powers, fired the members of the agency’s Consumer Advisory Board, scaled back enforcement actions against bad actors, sought to slash the agency’s budget, and apparently made it his mission to help out bad actors,” said Congresswoman Maxine Waters.](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/mulvaney-featured-web-80x80.jpg)
NNPA NEWSWIRE — What happens over the next five years will test the mettle of those who fought to create an agency given the mission to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — … if holiday lists seem bigger than budgets, turning to a high-interest, “small dollar” loan can turn joy and merriment into a financial...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Whatever happened to the American Dream of owning a home and giving your children a better life than you experienced as a child?...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Whatever happened to the American Dream of owning a home and giving your children a better life than you experienced as a child?...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — New research that measures how well banks serve communities found that America’s access to banking expanded from 2015 to 2017 – except when...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As of June 2018, more than 1.2 million student loan borrowers requested to be certified, with 890,000 ultimately certified eligible. 28,000 applied for...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “That someone with a history of racially derogatory and offensive comments has a leadership position at CFPB reflects poorly on CFPB management and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A new report released by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) analyzes how for-profit students who sought educational training to improve their lives...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — When personal checking accounts are involved, transactions without available funds in checking accounts can trigger a series of fees that...
