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  • Fact Sheets
    Sep 26, 2026

    Snapshot of Pennsylvanians’ Debts: As Costs Climb, Families Struggle with Record Levels of Credit Card, Student Loan, Auto Loan, and Utility Debt

    See our fact sheets and reports on household debt in Pennsylvania.

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 22, 2026

    Diverse Coalition of Nearly 90 Groups Demand Emergency Hearings on the Chaotic State of the Student Loan System

    Urgent call to conduct oversight comes as borrowers face massive payment spikes and system chaos amidst worsening affordability crisis.

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  • Letters & Memos
    Sep 22, 2026

    Coalition Letter and Memo Urging Emergency Hearing on Student Loan System

    Nearly 90 organizations urge U.S. Senate and House of Representatives committee leaders to protect borrowers and hold the U.S. Department of Education and its student loan servicers accountable.

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  • Press Releases
    Sep 17, 2026

    41 State Attorneys General Take Action Against Predatory Subprime Auto Lender

    A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general step in after a credit acceptance corporation received a corporate pardon from the Trump Administration.

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  • Comments
    Sep 15, 2026

    Comment Submitted to New York State Department of Financial Services on Proposed Regulations to Implement the Buy-Now-Pay-Later Act

    Protect Borrowers comment to the New York State Department of Financial Services supporting the Buy-Now-Pay-Later Act and the Department’s proposed regulations to implement it.

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  • Blogs
    Sep 10, 2026

    U.S. Senator Roger Marshall Sued Hundreds, Jailed Dozens of Women Over Medical Debt

    Revisiting “The Politics of Debt” one year later.

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  • Letters & Memos
    Aug 27, 2026

    Memo: Creating Offices of Supervision Policy in State Financial Regulators

    This memo proposes that states should create offices of supervision policy within their existing financial regulators to fill the regulatory gap left by the federal government.

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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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  • Fact Sheets
    Aug 21, 2026

    Snapshot of Michigan Families’ Debts: As Costs Climb, Michigan Families Struggle with Record Levels of Credit Card, Student Loan, Car Loan, and Utility Debt

    See our fact sheets and reports on household debt in Michigan.

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  • Reports
    Aug 21, 2026

    The Worst of Both Worlds: An Investigation of State Student Loan Lending

    Check out our investigation into the current state-based student loan market.

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  • Blogs
    Aug 21, 2026

    Worst of Both Worlds: State Student Loans Are Not the Friendly and Safe Alternative States Claim They Are

    Protect Borrowers fellow Sophie Laing breaks down how state student loans “combine some of the worst parts of private loans with the worst part of federal loans” and what policymakers should do to protect families.

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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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  • Blogs
    Aug 20, 2026

    The Trump Administration Is Stealing Public Service Loan Forgiveness Credit From Public Service Workers. Is It Incompetence or Malevolence?

    What in the world is going on here and what policymakers need to be asking.

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  • Press Releases
    Aug 19, 2026

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

    Education officials quietly lock public service workers into extra student loan payments, cite unspecified “errors” to justify broken promises.

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  • Press Releases
    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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  • Blogs
    Aug 11, 2026

    On “Crude APR Rationing” and FinReg that Meets the Political Moment

    Searching for a “win-win” on credit card rates misses the point.

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  • Blogs
    Aug 6, 2026

    Apple Used to Sell You Phones. Now It Sells You to Klarna.

    In 2026, more Americans are paying later and buying never.

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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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  • Blogs
    Jul 29, 2026

    Congress Wants to Make it Easier to Load Students Up with State-Based Private Student Loan Debt

    Trump’s OBBBA hasn’t made college any cheaper. More student debt cannot be lawmakers’ only answer.

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  • News Clips
    Jul 27, 2026

    Record Number of Student Loan Borrowers Are in Delinquency and Default

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