Predatory Lending Archives - The Washington Informer

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Charlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Exploitative Overdraft Fees Strip $15B from Bank Customers

by WI Web EditorJuly 21, 2022July 25, 2022

Customers with bank and credit union accounts need to pay close attention to their monthly statements to identify multiple charges for overdraft fees.

D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine (Roy Lewis/The Washington Informer)

D.C. AG Sues Online Lender for Predatory Loans to City Residents

by WI Guest AuthorApril 6, 2021December 21, 2021

Charlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Momentum Builds in State Capitols and in D.C. to Rein in Predatory Payday Lending

by WI Guest AuthorMarch 4, 2021December 21, 2021

Courtesy of Aliman Senai via Wikimedia Commons

Charlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Voters Prefer Payday Lending Protection, Regulators Seek Less

by WI Guest AuthorFebruary 7, 2020December 21, 2021

Are Payday Loans in The Best Interests Of Black People.

Charlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Don’t Let Predatory Lenders Rob Your Holiday Joy

by WI Guest AuthorNovember 26, 2019December 21, 2021

Charlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Time for CFPB to ‘Do the Right Thing’ and Enact Payday Loan Rules

by WI Guest AuthorAugust 15, 2019December 21, 2021

**FILE** Andrea Levy (R) from Queens, New York, joins other demonstrators for slave reparations on the National Mall August 17, 2002, in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of blacks rallied, saying it is long past time to compensate blacks for the ills of slavery. (Manny Ceneta/Getty Images)

Charlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

Reparations Must Include the Costs of Predatory Lending

by WI Guest AuthorJune 6, 2019December 21, 2021

Charlene Crowell, Financial Literacy

CFPB Denies Duty to Enforce Military Lending Act

by WI Guest AuthorApril 11, 2019October 31, 2020

Protesters march in 2015 past one of 17 predatory lending businesses in South Dallas, Texas. (Courtesy of Paul Malbrough)

Financial Literacy

Predatory Lending Rooted in Antebellum South: Study

by WI Guest AuthorApril 10, 2019October 31, 2020

Are Payday Loans in The Best Interests Of Black People.

Charlene Crowell, Columnists, Financial Literacy

CFPB Moves to Support Payday Lenders During Black History Month

by WI Guest AuthorFebruary 7, 2019October 31, 2020