November
2013
7
Wall Street Journal — Thousands of consumer complaints about credit cards, home loans, debt collectors and payday loans are turning into a pivotal tool for a new federal consumer watchdog as it steps up scrutiny over the financial system.
August
2013
12
News 12 Bronx — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is cracking down on online companies offering illegal payday loans.
August
2013
8
Daily News — With little fanfare or warning, the Cuomo administration has dealt a crippling blow to the payday lending industry, an unsavory collection of financial bottom-dwellers who profit by saddling the desperate and the unwary with loans that frequently exceed 700% — and in some cases, even top 1,000% in annual interest charges.
August
2013
7
Times Union — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his financial services Superintendent Ben Lawsky are announcing a crackdown this morning on on-line payday lenders who charge annual interest rates as high as 1,095 percent.
August
2013
7
Times Union — Gov. Andrew Cuomo and financial services Superintendent Ben Lawsky are cracking down on Internet-based “payday lenders” who charge annual interest rates as high as 1,095 percent.
June
2013
3
A report comparing efforts to regulate or ban payday lending in New York, California, Illinois and North Carolina. The four organizations that co-authored the report offer their perspective as financial justice advocates in the thick of payday lending battles in their home states.