Daily Archives: March 12, 2019

CFPB working well for law-abusing lenders

Further to my post  The indefensible predatory business of payday loans, US Senate hearings today on the record of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since lender-friendly directors, appointed by the Trump admin, began running the agency speaks volumes. The @CFPB … Continue reading

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The push back from smartphones and return of attentive humans

The Canadian Press is reporting today that Ontario will issue a directive this week to ban cell phone use in public school classrooms starting in the 2019-20 school year. This is a positive development in the quest to replace smartphones … Continue reading

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The indefensible predatory business of payday loans

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a US government agency that was founded in 2011 with the laudable mandate of making sure banks, lenders, and other financial companies treat consumers fairly. In practice, however, it has been infiltrated and … Continue reading

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