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Moussou N’Diaye, Digital Content and Operations Assistant

2020-04-28T15:30:57-05:00February 26, 2020|Categories: About Us|

Moussou N’Diaye joined the National Consumer Law Center in 2020. She helps maintain and update the NCLC website, in addition to designing and tweaking digital and print materials that the organization needs. She also assists staff with software problems.  Her free time is spent illustrating, animating, and making films.

CFPB Fails to Protect Consumers from Abusive Collection of Time-Barred Debts (Again)

2020-02-24T10:12:31-05:00February 24, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 24, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010 Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund contact: Carter Dougherty (carter@ourfinancialsecurity.org) or (202) 251-6700 Washington, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a proposed debt collection rule late last Friday to supplement the proposed debt collection rule [...]

Dick Bauer, Access to Justice Fellow

2020-03-02T08:27:39-05:00February 24, 2020|Categories: About Us|

Dick Bauer joined National Consumer Law Center as HomeCorps Project Supervisor in Fall 2014, focusing on foreclosures and mortgage issues. As an Access to Justice fellow, most of Dick’s time has been spent supervising and mentoring on appeals and other housing cases. He also provides technical assistance, mentoring, and training to a number of other [...]

Rent-a-Bank Loans

2021-04-23T10:59:41-05:00February 20, 2020|Categories: High Cost Small Loans|

Predatory Rent-a-Bank Loan Watch List by State Policy Briefs & Fact Sheets Fact Sheet: Correcting the Record: The OCC's "Fake Lender" Rule Expands Harmful, Predatory Lending, April 2021 Brief: Repeal the OCC's Fake Lender Predatory Lending Rule to Protect Small Businesses, April 2021 Brief: Overturn the OCC's "Fake Lender" Predatory Lending Rule, March 2021 Brief: [...]

Defrauded Borrowers Sue U.S. Department of Education Contractor for Seizing Funds While They Wait in Limbo for Borrower Defense Relief 

2020-02-12T14:58:47-05:00February 12, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 12, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010 Download the complaint  Boston- The National Consumer Law Center, Justice Catalyst Law, and Flitter Milz, P.C. today served Maximus Federal Services, Inc. (Maximus) with a class action lawsuit, alleging that the company is engaging in illegal collection activity [...]

Cruel Cuts for Struggling Families in the President’s Proposed FY21 Budget

2020-02-10T15:44:38-05:00February 10, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 10, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contact:  Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010 Trump again calls for elimination of Legal Services Corp and home energy assistance; supports drastic cuts and changes to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Washington - President Trump’s proposed budget  once again seeks to eliminate funding for programs that have bipartisan support and [...]

Consumer and Civil Rights Groups Strongly Oppose FDIC Rent-a-Bank Payday Proposal that Would Sidestep State Interest Rate Caps

2020-02-05T15:38:08-05:00February 5, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 5, 2020 National Consumer Law Center and Center for Responsible Lending Experts to Testify in Rent-a-Bank Hearing before U.S. House Today at 10am ET Washington, D.C. – Eleven national consumer and civil-rights groups submitted a comment letter late yesterday to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) strongly opposing the federal banking [...]

​Statement Regarding CFPB and U.S. Department of Education MOU on Handling Student Loan Borrower Complaints

2020-02-04T15:04:33-05:00February 4, 2020|Categories: Media Center|

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  February 4, 2020 National Consumer Law Center contact: Jan Kruse (jkruse@nclc.org) or (617) 542-8010 Persis Yu, director of the National Consumer Law Center’s Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project, released the following statement on yesterday’s announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the U.S. Department of [...]