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Rent-a-Bank Loans

2022-07-15T13:09:57-05:00February 20, 2020|Categories: High Cost Small Loans|

Predatory Rent-a-Bank Loan Watch List by State Reports & Issue Briefs Report: Predatory Lenders TAB Bank and EasyPay Finance Harm Veterans and Military Servicemembers with Loans up to 189%, May 25, 2022 Report: Predatory Auto Repair Loans By TAB Bank and EasyPay Finance, May, 11 2022 Consumer Alert: Deceptive Auto Repair Financing Practices, May 2022 [...]

Medical Debt

2022-09-26T11:52:31-05:00January 15, 2020|Categories: Issues|

COVID-19 Medical Debt: First 100 Day Priorities for the Biden Administration Fair Debt Collection The leading treatise on the FDCPA, the statute that dramatically alters how collection agencies, debt buyers and attorneys collect consumer debts. Subscribe Now! Model Statutes || Policy Analysis || Webinars  Model Statutes What States Can Do to Help Consumers: Medical Debt, April 2019 [...]

Broken Records Redux: How Errors by Criminal Background Check Companies Continue to Harm Consumers Seeking Jobs and Housing

2019-12-09T14:34:03-05:00December 6, 2019|Categories: Issues|

Mistakes on criminal background check reports continue to cause many thousands of people to be denied jobs and housing and skirt federal law (Fair Credit Reporting Act). Federal and state government and the courts each have a role in improving the accuracy of background checks. Published December 9, 2019 National [...]