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June 23, 2016

In a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Melvin Watt, a coalition of more than two dozen industry and consumer groups—including the Mortgage Bankers Association, Center for Responsible Lending, American Bankers Association, NAACP and National Association of Home Builders—called for the reduction or elimination of LLPAs charged by the GSEs, arguing that this risk is already being assumed by existing guaranty fees (g-fees).

June 22, 2016 | By Simon Montlake | The Christian Science Monitor

Women of color are particularly vulnerable to predatory practices by subprime lenders, whether for home mortgages or short-term loans, according to the activists’ report issued Tuesday. They accuse the finance industry of “pink-lining,” a reference to the long-discredited practice by banks of “red-lining” black-majority neighborhoods.

June 22, 2016 | By James Rufus Koren | The Los Angeles Times

The Center for Responsible Lending, among other groups, believes lenders should determine a borrower’s ability to repay any loan, and these loans should not be an exception, said Graciela Aponte-Diaz, the group’s policy director for California.

June 16, 2016 | By National Council of La Raza

The American public has a very low opinion of payday lenders, says a new poll out from the NCLR Action Fund, Americans for Financial Reform, Center for Responsible Lending, and the NAACP. The poll, which comes on the heels of a proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule to reign in predatory lending, shows Americans see little value in the services payday lenders provide.

June 16, 2016 | By Yuki Noguchi | North Carolina Public Radio

But Diane Standaert, director of state policy for the Center for Responsible Lending, said many payday borrowers turn to these less risky options only after they get in trouble with payday loans. "I think by the time people utilize their options, they're trying to get out of a very difficult situation from a loan that is essentially designed to be nearly impossible to escape," she said.

June 13, 2016 | By Ian McKendry | American Banker

Fifteen states and D.C. currently ban the product outright or limit it to 36% APR or less. "But payday lenders are always trying to roll back these state interest rate limits," said Rebecca Borné, senior policy counsel at the Center for Responsible Lending.

June 8, 2016 | By Kate Berry | American Banker

"From a broad policy standpoint, looking at the economics of lending, there is a trade-off between interest rates and costs to have a profitable model," said Mike Calhoun, president of the Center for Responsible Lending, who cited the "congressional recognized standard" of 36% in the Military Lending Act. "High interest rates means a large percentage of your loans are unaffordable."

June 3, 2016 | By Chris King | The St. Louis American

“At the heart of this proposed rule is the reasonable and widely accepted idea that payday and car title loans should be made based on the borrower’s actual ability to repay – while still meeting other basic living expenses,” Mike Calhoun, president of the Center for Responsible Lending, said of the new CFPB rule.

May 23, 2016 | By Michael Cooper | Springfield News-Sun

Fees charged by the payday and car title loan industry cost Ohioans more than $500 million a year, mostly affecting residents who are already struggling financially, according to a Center for Responsible Lending report released last year.

May 20, 2016 | By Stephen Pounds | Bankrate

In addition to the CFPB report, the Center for Responsible Lending issued a report of its own this week which found that every year, consumers lose $8 billion in fees to payday and car-title loans. Of that, car title loans represent $3.9 billion in fees each year.

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