Yearly Archives: 2020

/2020

Study Review: Preserving and Expanding Consumer Access to Credit (Mercatus)

We have chosen to include 2016 testimony before the [...]

2021-06-14T18:22:19+00:00 December 23rd, 2020|Categories: News, Study Review|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Study Review: Preserving and Expanding Consumer Access to Credit (Mercatus)

Guest Post: The Democratic Party’s Biggest Weakness

By Andrew Morrison, Sun Loan Company An excellent and [...]

2021-06-14T18:41:50+00:00 December 11th, 2020|Categories: Guest Post, News|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Guest Post: The Democratic Party’s Biggest Weakness

Going Postal? Cato Institute on Post-Office Banking

A fascinating blog post by Diego Zuluaga at the [...]

2020-11-30T15:15:21+00:00 November 30th, 2020|Categories: Alternative Lenders, News|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Going Postal? Cato Institute on Post-Office Banking

Bank of America’s Payday Loan and APR Cap Inadequacy

We have written before about the periodic announcements by [...]

2021-06-14T18:23:09+00:00 November 23rd, 2020|Categories: Alternative Lenders, News|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Bank of America’s Payday Loan and APR Cap Inadequacy

Guest Post: The Importance of Financial Literacy

By Olivia DiBiase Personal financial literacy is critical to [...]

2021-06-14T18:25:33+00:00 October 27th, 2020|Categories: Financial Capability, News|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Guest Post: The Importance of Financial Literacy

STUDY REVIEW: Consumer Borrowing after Payday Loan Bans

NILA members do not make payday loans, offering instead, [...]

2021-06-14T18:29:01+00:00 September 14th, 2020|Categories: News, Study Review|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on STUDY REVIEW: Consumer Borrowing after Payday Loan Bans

Congress Must Remove Rate Caps from Bills That Boost US Economy 

Mitigating the economic effects of COVID-19 policy is the [...]

2021-06-14T18:29:57+00:00 September 8th, 2020|Categories: News, Regulation|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Congress Must Remove Rate Caps from Bills That Boost US Economy 

Fed Article Acknowledges that APR Caps Harm Consumers

An article released last Wednesday (August 12, 2020) by [...]

2020-08-19T14:48:14+00:00 August 19th, 2020|Categories: News, Regulation|Tags: , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Fed Article Acknowledges that APR Caps Harm Consumers

Guest Post: Cognitive Dissonance and APR Caps

By Andrew Morrison, Sun Loan Company There was an [...]