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Former CFPB Director Chopra will be charged with protecting borrowers and consumers amidst growing affordability crisis.
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New data from FRBNY shows household consumer debts at all-time highs.
This was always the plan but regulators shouldn’t accept it.
The Century Foundation and Protect Borrowers released a report showing that 86 million Americans owe $1.68 trillion in auto loan debt, its highest level ever recorded.
Trump’s changes to higher ed finance expose more risks.
The case for a BNPL Bill of Rights.
Bipartisan, independent citizens-legislative commissioners express grave concerns over lack of transparency, accountability, and consumer protections in underregulated institutional debt crisis.
People cheer for bad policy, show off their bad judgment.
Reforms passed last year will leave hundreds of thousands of students needing private student loans, but many will not be able to get them. New research finds that underwriting requirements will block 40 percent of Americans from private student loans. The promise that private loans will fill gaps isn’t just overstated: it’s empty.
A study published by Protect Borrowers and The Century Foundation warns that more than 40% of U.S. college students—including nearly two thirds of Pell Grant recipients—would not qualify for a traditional private student loan.