CRL Statement on CFPB Action Against Cash America
For many years, we have warned that payday loans are a defective product designed to trap consumers in debt. Today's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) enforcement action against Cash America—one of the largest payday lenders in the U.S.—shows multiple harms to consumers that go beyond the inherent abuses of the product.A remarkable array of activities led up to the CFPB...