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Debt Collection & Settlement News
Aug 02
Low-Income Bay Area Families Must Wait in Jail or Suffer Financial Devastation from Exploitative For-Profit Bail Industry
Feb 07
Chase’s Predatory Robo-Signing Practices Threaten Financial Security of Its Customers
May 13
Comprehensive Debt Collection Improvement Act Would Protect Consumers from Predatory Practices
Dec 18
CFPB’s Final Debt Collection Rule Fails to Fully Ban Collection of Stale, Time-Barred Debt

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State of Lending in America
The report outlines predatory lending practices in various fields of consumer lending, and explains why protecting fair, affordable access to credit is vital for both consumers and the U.S. economy.

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Debt Collection & Settlement

Research & Policy

Research
August 2, 2022
Debt Under Duress: The Economic Impacts of Bail Bonds on San Francisco Bay Area Residents
Policy & Legislation
April 19, 2022
Courts Should End Debt Buyers’ Litigation Assembly Line Lawsuits That Target Unaware Consumers and Increase the Racial Wealth Gap
Policy & Legislation
March 2, 2022
Protect Against Abusive Debt Collection: Working Families Need Wage Protection and a Chance to Save
Amicus Brief
March 2, 2022
Amicus Brief: North Carolina Supreme Court - Townes v. Portfolio Recovery Associates (PRA)
Policy & Legislation
February 1, 2022
Oportun: History of Abusive Debt Collection Practices
Comment Letter
August 4, 2021
Oportun's Abusive Lending Practices Harm Latino and Immigrant Borrowers
Research
March 17, 2021
Suing-to-Intimidate: New Evidence Confirms that Oportun Abuses and Intimidates Families in Court to Collect Small-Dollar Loan Debts in California Courts
Research
October 13, 2020
Court System Overload: The State of Debt Collection in California after the Fair Debt Buyer Protection Act
Research
September 29, 2020
Polling Memo: Voters Support Strong Consumer Financial Protections and Tough Regulation of Wall Street
Comment Letter
August 4, 2020
The CFPB’s Approach to Time-Barred Debt and the Proposed Disclosures Will Perpetuate Abusive Practices and Widen the Racial Wealth Gap

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Charla Rios
Deputy Director of Research
Lucia Mattox
Director of Western States Outreach & Senior Policy Manager
Whitney Barkley-Denney
Senior Policy Counsel