Prevent a Shark Attack by Avoiding Predatory Loans
Published in The Washington Post Sharks get a bad rap. Don’t get me wrong. It’s absolutely tragic whenever a swimmer or surfer is bitten or killed. But sharks are just doing what ...
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Debra Grant: Payday lenders prey on women, families
Published by the Virginian-Pilot I had a relative who needed to borrow $150, so I took out a payday loan to help. Every month, I would have to roll the loan over until the next mo ...
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Virginia Organizing at the CFPB Hearings
On April 7, 2016, Virginia Organizing leaders traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Senate Banking Committee hearing on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Virginia Or ...
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Virginia Organizing Calls on Senators Warner and Kaine to Support a Strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Fredericksburg, Va.— Virginia Organizing leaders will visit Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 7 to attend the Senate Banking Committee hearing where Consumer Financial Protectio ...
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Support Consumers, NOT Predatory Lenders
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators will soon introduce legislation that will seriously put at risk current, vital regulations that protect everything from workers health, climate ...
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Simple Things Can Help Virginia Families Build Cushion
Originally published by Public News Service. Working families in Virginia are having a hard time building up even a small financial cushion. But the authors of a new policy brief ...
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Families Can’t Wait
Click here to see how much wealth is stripped from our communities by payday and car title loans since March 2015. Every day, payday and car title lenders drain $23,951,459 out of ...
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Inside The Fast-Cash World Of Virginia Car-Title Lenders
Listen to the full story at WAMU (click here). You may have heard their jingles on the radio or seen their commercials that play endlessly on late-night TV. Perhaps you have driv ...
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Virginia consumers benefit from CFPB
Published in Public News Service. RICHMOND, Va. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which celebrates its fourth anniversary this month, has recovered billions of do ...
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Jay Johnson Talks National Movements at Populism 2015
Virginia Organizing Treasurer Jay Johnson rallied the crowd at Populism 2015 in Washington, D.C. Jay's remarks were part of a Saturday plenary session featuring speakers across th ...
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