Bank Charters Archives

Advocates Slam FDIC Proposed Rule for Industrial Loan Companies as Invitation for Predatory Lending

July 2, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 2, 2020 The bank regulator’s plan, described as “recipe for disaster” and as a way to “fuel financial exclusion,” provides an avenue for lenders to evade state laws that cap interest rates and to harm families suffering most in this economic downturn. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Consumer Law Center, on…

Advocates Condemn FDIC Rule that Encourages Predatory High-Cost Loans; Call on Congress to Pass Federal 36% Interest Rate Cap Limit

June 25, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 25, 2020 Media Contacts: National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse ([email protected]) Center for Responsible Lending: Matthew Kravitz ([email protected]) Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund: Diop Harris ([email protected]) Washington, D.C. – Consumer advocates criticized the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) for today finalizing a rule that encourages online non-bank lenders to launder…

Advocates Praise D.C. Attorney General Suit Against Predatory High-Cost Rent-a-Bank Lender

June 5, 2020

Elevate charged 99% to 251% APR despite D.C.’s 6% to 24% rate cap FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JUNE 5, 2020 National Consumer Law Center Contacts: Jan Kruse ([email protected]), Lauren Saunders ([email protected]) Washington, D.C. – Consumer advocates praised today’s announcement by District of Columbia (DC) Attorney General Karl Racine that he has filed a lawsuit against online lender…

Advocates Condemn Rent-a-Bank Rule that Encourages Predatory High-Cost Loans; Call on Congress to Pass Federal 36% Interest Rate Cap Limit

May 29, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MAY 29, 2020 Media Contacts: National Consumer Law Center: Jan Kruse ([email protected]) Center for Responsible Lending: Matthew Kravitz ([email protected]) Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund: Carter Dougherty ([email protected]) Washington, D.C. – Consumer advocates slammed the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for its final rule issued today that encourages online…

FDIC to Repeal 36% Rate Cap and Bank Payday Loan Guidance, but Banks Should Not Take the Bait

May 20, 2020

New bank regulator guidance could permit balloon-payment loans but emphasizes responsible lending WASHINGTON, D.C. – As our nation grapples with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) announced plans today to repeal two guidances that protect consumers against high-cost bank payday loans over 36%, and four federal bank regulators…

Civil Rights and Consumer Groups Condemn “Emergency” Regulatory Guidance that Allows Banks to Make Payday Loans

March 26, 2020

Banks should not embrace this terrible idea, especially as they are borrowing for free Washington, D.C. – Today, under the cover of a national crisis, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Reserve Board (FRB), and the National Credit Union Administration issued…

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