On Mar. 2, 2023, Caroline Cohn sat down with the hosts of Breakthrough News’ The Freedom Side podcast to discuss how incarcerated people and their families are subject to some of the most exploitative fees for basic necessities.
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In episode #30 of the RMD Podcast, airing Mar. 30, 2022, Editor Chris Clow sits down with Sarah Bolling Mancini to talk about her work on behalf of reverse mortgage borrowers. In this discussion, they touch on topics including how Mancini became interested in reverse mortgages as a subject, what she thinks the reverse mortgage product…
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In a conversation hosted by Alan S. Kaplinsky for the Ballard Spahr podcast, Lauren Saunders discusses NCLC’s legislative priorities, which include a 36% national interest rate cap and credit reporting reform, and the prospects for Congressional action. Ms. Saunders then provides NCLC’s perspective on areas of potential CFPB regulatory action including overdraft and other fees…
The July 25, 2022 episode of the Code WACK! podcast features Berneta Haynes in a discussion about why Black families are disproportionately impacted by medical debt in America, how dinequities in housing access and safety, environmental pollution, and health care combine and intensify the vulnerability of disenfranchised communities, and families in Southern states been particularly…
The Aug. 1, 2022 episode of the Code WACK! podcast features Berneta Haynes in a discussion about the role of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion in reducing medical debt and keeping rural hospitals open, and what specific health policies legislators should pursue that would solve the medical debt crisis once and for all.
Season 1, Episode 762 of the Ipse Dixit podcast aired on Oct. 4, 2022. Andrea Bopp Stark and Geoffrey Walsh discuss their work on fines and fees in bankruptcy case, with a particular focus on their article, Sentenced to a Life of Debt: It Is Time for a Reassessment of How Bankruptcy Law Intersects with Fines and Fees…
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On Feb. 27, 2023, Carla Sanchez-Adams discusses a recent report on the high cost of junk fees and what can be done to stop them from taking more money out of consumers’ pockets.
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Season 9, Episode 3 of the An Arm and a Leg podcast, airing on Mar. 2, 2023, and co-produced by Kaiser Health News, features April Kuehnhoff with advice on filing a dispute with a debt collector.
Junk fees, “tips” obscure APRs over 300% on earned wage advances, nonbank banking apps, and other fintech payday loans WASHINGTON – The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has proposed new regulations governing disguised fintech credit and released new data showing high costs for consumers who use earned wage advances and other fintech…
In an op-ed appearing in American Banker on March 15, 2023, Carla Sanchez-Adams calls for clear, uniform P2P fraud protections to level the playing field between payment systems that keep fraud to low levels and those that don't.
Predatory Puppy Loans, Rates up to 160% APR, and High Default Rates Justify Lower Grade for Sandy-based FinWise Bank WASHINGTON — Today, a coalition of consumer advocates submitted letters to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) in connection with the FDIC’s Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examination of…
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FinWise Bank’s lending through American First Finance, Elevate, and Opportunity Financial (OppFi), offering loans at up to 160% APR, raises serious consumer protection issues.
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