Resources & Litigation
Protect Borrowers’ new investigation into the growing BNPL market as families are increasingly turning to BNPL loans to pay for necessities. Released alongside the report is polling on American voters’ experiences with BNPL products.
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This report from Protect Borrowers and the Debt Collection Lab at Princeton University maps the fragmented student loan system and the players involved.
Read the report, “Affordable NYC Now: Proposals to Lower Costs, Hold Corporations Accountable, and Make Government Work.”
A report and analysis of consumer credit data by The Century Foundation and Protect Borrow reveals that having a car has become increasingly unaffordable, driving millions of Americans into financial distress. Much of this has been driven or worsened by Trump’s chaotic economic agenda and war with Iran.
Protect Borrowers and The Century Foundation released a startling joint report revealing that over 40 percent of Americans would likely be denied access to loans from the vast majority of traditional private and state-affiliated lenders.
This joint report by The Century Foundation and Protect Borrowers reveals how President Trump’s affordability crisis is pushing millions of American families further into credit card debt. The report analyzes consumer credit panel data which shows that over 40 percent of U.S. adults (and roughly half of all active credit card holders) cannot afford to pay off their credit card bills each month, exposing them to sky-high interest rates.
Co-authored with TICAS, this report offers a snapshot of Black student enrollment and outcomes at for-profit colleges paired with the perspectives of Black alumni of for-profit undergraduate and graduate programs.
The following brief and fact sheets analyze the student debt delinquency crisis and its impacts on millions of students and borrowers in each state across the country.
Protect Borrowers and Towards Justice document predatory short-term, high-cost loans marketed to Americans struggling to pay high rents.
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