Appearing in The New York Times on May 25, 2026, Tara Siegel Bernard talks to Abby Shafroth, managing director of advocacy at NCLC about how, dtarting July 1, millions of borrowers will need to choose from a new menu of repayment options as the Trump administration enacts major changes to the student loan system. “It…
In an op-ed appearing in Payments Dive on May 28, 2026, NCLC Senior Attorney Lauren Saunders explains that if the president wants to provide people relief from high-interest debt, he should lead a crackdown against high-cost credit schemes. If Trump-appointed regulators approve Enova’s and OppFi’s applications to purchase small national banks, both could charge 100% APRs, or…
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New Law Will Protect Survivors of Domestic Violence, Older Adults from Impacts of Economic Abuse
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Appearing in CNBC on May 4, 2026, Annie Nova talks to Anna Anderson, staff attorney at NCLC about how private student loan market is projected to expand, after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act established new borrowing limits on federal education loans for graduate students. Private lenders will likely reject many student applicants because…
Appearing in USA Today on May 3, 2026, Andrea Riquier writes about how fintech companies are offering rent‑now‑pay‑later services to help renters manage cash‑flow gaps caused by soaring housing costs, but Ariel Nelson, senior attorney at NCLC, and other consumer advocates argue the products are costly, sometimes predatory, and insufficiently regulated. “These products speak to…
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Appearing in An Arm and A Leg on May 7, 2026, Claire Davenport talks to Chi Chi Wu, Director of Consumer Reporting and Data Advocacy and Acting Co-Director of Federal Advocacy at NCLC about new reporting from the investigative reporting superstars at ProPublica that reveals a new hole left by the CFPB’s collapse: No one is really helping…
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Customers Should Opt-Out or Switch Banks Unless BoA Restores Access to Courts
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