CFPB’s Payday Lending Plan Hurts Those It is Meant to Help
Previous regulatory guidelines effectively ended the deposit advance business for banks, sending consumers to the higher-cost payday lending industry. The CFPB's new regulation could shut off the payday lending industry, sending hard-pressed consumers... where? "Regulatory agencies live in a utopian world where they believe if they can eliminate the product, they can eliminate the demand." The ABA is not happy about this either. New York Times sees some wisdom in the reforms. [6/2/16]


