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Corker shaping payday loan rules in financial reform package (Chattanooga Times Free Press)

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.., said Wednesday he believes Senate negotiators are close to a bipartisan agreement over a new set of financial industry regulations.

Payday lenders may avoid U.S. oversight (Los Angeles Times)

Consumer advocates hoped the lenders would be reined in by a new federal consumer financial protection agency, but a bipartisan proposal would largely exempt them from regulation. Payday lenders didn't cause the economic crisis, but consumer advocates hoped their sky-high interest rates on loans would be reined in as part of a sweeping regulatory overhaul to prevent a repeat of the financial ...

Corker Donor Could Benefit From Payday-Loan Exemption (Update1) (BusinessWeek)

Senate proposals to place a consumer financial agency under existing banking regulators could exempt payday loan companies from the new rules.

Keith Epstein: Update: Payday Lobby Turns to the Senate (The Huffington Post)

Fresh signs surfaced today of the influential payday loan industry's muscle in Washington, where lenders' attempts to stay out of the reach of federal regulators...

A consumer bill gives exemption on payday loans (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who is playing a crucial role in bipartisan negotiations over financial regulation, pressed to remove a provision from draft legislation that would have empowered federal authorities to crack down on payday lenders, people involved in the talks said. The industry is politically influential in his home state and a significant contributor to ...

A Consumer Bill Gives Exemption on Payday Loans (New York Times)

Senator Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who is playing a crucial role in bipartisan negotiations over financial regulation, pressed to remove a provision from draft legislation that would have empowered federal authorities to crack down on payday lenders, people involved in the talks said.

A Consumer Bill Gives Exemption on Payday Loans (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Senator Bob Corker wants a proposed bank agency to be more lenient toward nonbank companies, but some advocates say that would hurt consumers.

Payday Loan Blamed For Ruining Man's Finances (TMJ4 Milwaukee)

Wisconsin is the only state in the country that doesn’t regulate the practices of payday loan companies. There’s a movement to change that.

Search News Media: Payday Loans Go Mainstream As Trust in Banks Diminishes (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

LONDON, United Kingdom----Leading payday loans broker Paydaybank.co.uk has today reported a 25% rise in loan applications via its website www.paydaybank.co.uk in the three months since the Supreme Court ruling found in favour of the banks in the OFT case regarding overdraft bank charges.

Bill targets payday lending loophole (Finance and Commerce)

Ron Elwood knows what it’s like to tilt at windmills. And for the third straight year, Elwood, an attorney for the Legal Services Advocacy Project in St. Paul, is tilting at a very large, well-funded windmill known as the payday loan industry.

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