finance Rep Katie Porter: an Elizabeth Warren protege and single mom who destroys bumbling, mediocre rich guys in Congressional hearings Cory Doctorow

corruption Payday lenders switched their trade show to a Trump hotel and sent Trump at least a million bucks, then he gave them carte blanche to make billions preying on poor people Cory Doctorow

transparency How the payday loan industry laundered policy by paying academics to write papers that supported its positions Cory Doctorow

trumpism Predatory lender found to have swindled veterans' pensions for eight years, so Trump's CFPB fined him $1 Cory Doctorow

Business Trump's finance watchdog wants to make the taxpayer-funded database of crooked banks go dark Cory Doctorow

Business Wells Fargo fined $1B for stealing cars and jacking houses Cory Doctorow

politics 32 Democratic senators demand to know if Trump's consumer finance boss has let Equifax off the hook Cory Doctorow

trumpism Trump's Consumer Finance Protection Board chief gives up on punishing Equifax for doxing the entire United States of America Cory Doctorow

class war Trump's "consumer protection bureau" will let the $50B payday lending industry gouge the poorest Americans with triple-digit interest rates Cory Doctorow

trumpism Trump appointed a loan-shark fixer as an assistant Attorney General, who then wrote a controversial memo justifying the neutering of the consumer finance watchdog Cory Doctorow

class war America's dirtiest, biggest student lender neutralized by federal watchdog Cory Doctorow

Business Equifax lobbied to take away breach victims' right to sue Cory Doctorow

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

parrots Move over, Tony Robbins — this parrot is the best motivational speaker Jennifer Sandlin

scams Many medical bills fraudulent, reports Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Rob Beschizza

tech The reMarkable Tablet is moving to a subscription service model Séamus Bellamy

graeber Banks have returned to the pre-2008 world of automatic credit-limit increases for credit cards used by already indebted people Cory Doctorow

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elections Elizabeth Warren's banking proposals are designed to demolish the private equity sector and force finance to serve the people Cory Doctorow

Business Equifax settles with FTC, CFPB, states, and consumer class actions for $700m Cory Doctorow