Tag: Predatory Lending
Don’t Give Predatory Lenders Another Loophole. Vote No on SB 855.
by Rev. Charles Swadley, a retired United Methodist Pastor and former board chair of the Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy
On Monday, the full...
Virginia Is On the Cusp of Major Predatory Lending Reform
by Tram Nguyen, Co-Executive Director, New Virginia Majority
For years, our communities have been calling for sensible action to address unchecked predatory lending all across Virginia....
It is Time to Take on Predatory Lending in Virginia
Leonard A. Bennett, Newport News; Consumer Litigation Associates, P.C., VSB Pro Bono Law Firm of the year, 2019
Virginia’s consumer protection laws are amongst the weakest...
New Pew Analysis: “Payday and title loans harm Virginians”; Virginia Has...
Yesterday, Pew released a new analysis of Virginia's small-dollar loan marketplace, which, they write, "shows the Commonwealth's small-loan statutes have unusually weak consumer protections,...
Dick Saslaw’s Predatory Lender Problem – and Ours
“’It’s not predatory,’ says Senate Democratic Leader Dick Saslaw, who has taken about $37,000 from TitleMax in the last decade. He says if people…didn’t...
New Story by Michael Pope Highlights How Predatory Lenders “Capture” Virginia...
Not a fan of predatory lenders? Also not a fan of Virginia's bought-and-paid-for-legislature? Well, then, you'll enjoy - ok, maybe "enjoy" isn't the right...