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CFPB Payday Lending Rules 2.0 — What’s Next

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The next chapter in the ongoing saga that is payday loan regulation officially began yesterday (Feb. 6), with the announcement that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will overhaul a series of 2017 payday loan regulations, set to go into effect in August 2019. The Tumultuous Response.

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CFPB To Overhaul Payday Lending Rule

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As part of a move to revise a payday loan regulation from the Obama era, the Trump administration on Wednesday (Feb. The rule, which was supposed to go into effect in August, was meant to federally regulate short-term loans geared toward low-income customers. The Trump administration has started the ball rolling.

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Morgan Lewis Principal Weighs In On Payday Loan Debate

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( CFPB ) said earlier in the month that it will look to overhaul a number of payday loan regulations that were put in place in 2017 and were slated to go into effect in August of this year.