Consumer financial protection bureau Expected to Revise Existing Payday Rule

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to gut the existing payday rule by removing the Ability-to-Repay provision, which required short term, small dollar lenders to take a borrower’s ability to repay a loan into account before issuing it. According to Prosperity Now, this revision would be a huge blow to advocacy efforts to stop the debt trap.

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