Congress Must Protect Consumers from Predatory Lending During the COVID-19 Crisis

Payday lenders see chaos and crisis as a profit opportunity—this pandemic is no different. In many states, payday lenders are working to be declared essential businesses so that they can continue to prey on families even as financial insecurity increases. However, these loans that trap people in a cycle of debt are never essential--and in a crisis they are even more harmful.

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