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Bankshot: Lauren Saunders Discusses Earned Wage Access. Early Payday or Payday Loan?

July 27, 2023

If you go to work every day, why don’t you get your paycheck immediately? Chana Schoenberger and Kate Fitzgerald at American Banker’s Bankshot podcast look at a new type of payday advance that sprung up in recent years known as earned wage access and talk to NCLC’s Lauren Saunders about who benefits and how when…

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Study: 99% of Consumers Unaware they are Subject to Forced Arbitration

July 27, 2023

WASHINGTON – A new study confirms that Americans are unaware of how often and to what extent they are stripped of their fundamental rights through prevalent forced arbitration clauses, which are found in the fine print of everyday click-through agreements, terms and conditions and other contracts. Consumers’ lack of understanding points to the need for…

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Digital Library: Strict New Limits on Prerecorded Debt Collection Calls Effective July 20

July 20, 2023

Effective July 20, 2023, the FCC has placed strict new limits on the number of prerecorded collection calls that a debt collector can send to a consumer’s landline. Importantly, consumers have powerful remedies for violations (statutory damages of $500 to $1500 per call), because the new FCC rule is promulgated under the Telephone Consumer Protection…

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Los Angeles Times: Why all Latino wealth is not equal

July 19, 2023

Originally appearing in Los Angeles Times/ De Los on July 19, 2023, Alejandra Molina looks at a new Brookings Metro report that examines the underlying causes of the wealth gap between Latino and white families and cites John Van Alst‘s report: Time to Stop Racing Cars: The Role of Race and Ethnicity in Buying and Using…

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NPR: Shocked by those extra monthly apartment fees? 3 big rental sites plan to reveal them

July 19, 2023

Originally appearing in NPR on July 19, 2023, Jennifer Ludden covers the Biden administration’s blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights and the response of three major rental platforms that will start showing extra monthly fees that can surprise tenants. Ludden cites NCLC’s Too Damn High: New Report Examines Role of Junk Fees in Skyrocketing…

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USA Today: 'Stop scam calls:' What the federal government is doing to halt illegal robocalls

July 19, 2023

Originally appearing in USA Today on July 19, 2023, Terry Collins discusses Operation Stop Scam Calls, a new campaign intended to make it harder for fraudsters accused of scamming millions of Americans in robocall and telemarketing schemes to contact everyday Americans. The article references NCLC and the Electronic Privacy Information Center’s (EPIC) report, Scam Robocalls:…

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Bankshot: Lauren Saunders Discusses Earned Wage Access. Early Payday or Payday Loan?

Study: 99% of Consumers Unaware they are Subject to Forced Arbitration

Digital Library: Strict New Limits on Prerecorded Debt Collection Calls Effective July 20

Los Angeles Times: Why all Latino wealth is not equal

NPR: Shocked by those extra monthly apartment fees? 3 big rental sites plan to reveal them

USA Today: 'Stop scam calls:' What the federal government is doing to halt illegal robocalls

Support NCLC