FDIC Action Shows Need to Prevent Flood of High-Cost Bank Loans
Broad Coalition has Urged Agency to Maintain Guidance That Guards Against Unaffordable Loans By Banks WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) yesterday issued a Request for Information (RFI) on small-dollar lending by banks. Existing FDIC policies have kept predatory lending by FDIC-supervised banks largely at bay, and they should not be weakened. Civil rights, faith, and consumer groups have forcefully urged the FDIC to not allow banks to make loans that exceed 36% interest. The RFI also asks about bank partnerships, which have been used to facilitate rent-a-bank