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  • Press Releases
    Aug 27, 2026

    Protect Borrowers Expands Focus on State Law Enforcement, Announces Key Personnel From Federal and State Enforcement Agencies

    New policy memo from former CFPB Supervision Chief outlines path to modernize state oversight of regulated financial firms.

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  • Press Releases
    Aug 21, 2026

    As Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Law Forces Families Into More Expensive, Risky Private Loan Market, New Protect Borrowers Report Exposes Risks of State-Backed Private Student Lenders

    Report comes as state-based private lending industry ramps up efforts to weaken transparency and bypass anti-corruption rules set by Congress to protect students.

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    Aug 19, 2026

    Trump Administration Rips Relief From Teachers, Nurses, Servicemembers and Other First Responders, Locks Dedicated Public Service Workers in Debt

    Read our latest press release.

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    Aug 14, 2026

    Trump CFPB Buries Financial Companies’ Abuses

    Today, the Trump Administration announced it would break with more than a decade of precedent and suppress the publication of information submitted to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from Americans about problems they encounter across the financial marketplace.

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  • Press Releases
    Jul 30, 2026

    Senate Committee Advances Bill to Weaken College Anticorruption Rules and Make It Easier for Schools to Saddle Students with State-Based Private Loan Debt 

    Measure helps schools promote state-backed private lenders with long history of scandals and aggressive debt collection practices, without ensuring the products are in best interest of students.

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  • Press Releases
    Jul 21, 2026

    Energy Bills Growing Three Times Faster than Inflation under Trump, As Utility Debt Climbs For Middle-Income Families and 14M Face Collections

    Credit panel analysis finds monthly utility bills reach record highs, with 10 states seeing bills jump over 20% under Trump; Average overdue utility balance climbs to over $800, a 8.2% increase.

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  • Press Releases
    Jul 21, 2026

    ‘One Big Bill’ Story Gathering Campaign Launches to Document the Financial Harm of OBBBA on Working Families With Student Loan Debt

    Effort invites Americans to submit their new monthly student loan bills, and share how skyrocketing costs are affecting their finances.

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  • Press Releases
    Jul 12, 2026

    Widespread Financial Desperation Pushing Americans to Lean on Fee-Laden Buy Now, Pay Later Loans to Make Ends Meet, New Protect Borrowers Investigation Shows

    New poll finds that supermajority of voters supports government action to rein in predatory BNPL industry, Protect Borrowers calls on policymakers to take action.

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  • Press Releases
    Jun 30, 2026

    Local Governments, Labor Unions, and Nonprofit Organizations Triumph in Challenge to Trump-Vance Administration’s Weaponization of Public Service Loan Forgiveness

    Court sides with broad coalition, blocking unlawful effort to punish perceived political opponents.

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  • Press Releases
    Jun 24, 2026

    A New Bipartisan Discharge Petition Forces a Reckoning on Student Loan Interest

    Bipartisan bill would cap interest rates on federal student loans at 2%.

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