(The Center Square) – The new year has begun with bipartisan action in the Pennsylvania House as legislators take on predatory loans for homeowners. Legislation would move shared appreciation ...

ROAD TOWN, Tortola--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Volante Labs has released a study analyzing how earned wage access (EWA) technology impacts predatory lending practices. The research, examining 600 companies ...

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On January 6, 2025, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against a non-bank manufactured home financing company for violations of the Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z. The lawsuit alleges that the mortgage ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act ended the Grad PLUS loan program for new borrowers and replaced it with annual and aggregate limits on federal borrowing that came into effect on July 1, 2026. Students ...

On January 22, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a $1 billion settlement with a now defunct cash advance firm and its officers. The settlement resolves allegations that the firm and ...

FILE - Women walk down a street in the predominantly Somali neighborhood of Cedar-Riverside in Minneapolis on May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski, File) For years, Fartun Weli has been frustrated ...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. homeowners are facing a "crisis" thanks to predatory and irresponsible lending practices, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said Wednesday.

Predatory lending practices can get anyone into a financial pickle — even if you make a good salary.

The draft Financial Consumer Protection Framework outlaws the practice of dispatching auctioneers the moment a borrower misses a single installment. [Courtesy] Commercial banks, Saccos and digital ...