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Stop Bank of America from Blocking Access to the Court System

May 14, 2026

Customers Must Act Quickly to Opt-Out of Recent Contract Update

Broad Coalition Urges Congress to Oppose Unaffordable 100%+ APR Bank Loans

May 7, 2026

Groups Urge Lawmakers to Reject Enova and OppFi’s National Bank Applications and to Support State and Federal Interest Rate Limits WASHINGTON – Today, over 100 consumer, civil rights, and community organizations sent a letter urging members of Congress to stop predatory bank loans by opposing the unprecedented national bank applications of Enova and OppFi. The…

Bill to Open Virginia Courts to Class Action Remedies Hits Governor Spanberger’s Desk

April 30, 2026

Advocates Urge Gov. Spanberger to Allow Residents Harmed by Widespread Corporate Wrongdoing to Band Together to Seek Accountability

New Student Loan Repayment Rules Mean Higher Bills and More Time in Debt for Lowest Income Borrowers

April 30, 2026

On a Positive Note, Rules Ease Pathway for Borrowers To Get Out of Default

Another 100%+ APR Bank Seeks Trump Administration Approval

April 29, 2026

OppFi’s Acquisition of BNC Bank Would Circumvent Interest Rate Limits in 45 States

MS NOW: New rule change opens the door to more housing, lending discrimination

April 22, 2026

Appearing in MS NOW on April 22, 2025, Ja’han Jones quotes Odette Williamson, director of racial justice advocacy at NCLC, in coverage of a continuation othe Trump administration’s trend of pushing pro-segregation policies when it gutted rules to prevent discrimination in the lending industry. New rule changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an agency…

Bloomberg Law: Celebrity-Backed Financial Tools for Teens Spur Federal Scrutiny

March 25, 2026

Appearing in Bloomberg Law on March 25, 2026, Cassandre Coyer and Evan Weinberger talk to Carla Sanchez-Adams, senior attorney at NCLC about how non-bank, fintech lenders targeting teens could warrant stronger guardrails from businesses, such as making sure terms of use are easy to understand. Other concerns from consumer advocates stem from the maturity of…

Marketplace: Why do we only have three major credit bureaus?

April 17, 2026

Appearing in Marketplace on April 17, 2026, Janet Nguyen talks to Chi Chi Wu, director of consumer reporting and data advocacy at NCLC for a response to a listeners questions about why only three companies (Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion) control the credit report market. Issues with the credit reporting industry have been compounded now that…

NYU Law Environmental Law Journal Article: Fractured and Forgotten: Challenging Exclusionary Titling and Co-Ownership Requirements That Displace “Heirs Property” Disaster Survivors

March 30, 2026

Volume 34, Issue 1 (2026) In the aftermath of a natural disaster, disaster survivors rely heavily on local and federal relief to rebuild their devastated homes. For households without formal legal title to their home, however, such relief is slower to arrive, leading to displaced families and damaged communities. Due to generations of frustrated access…