politics Credit card fees will spike under Trump's financial deregulation Mark Frauenfelder

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

Business Private credit default rate hits 9.2%, worst on record Ellsworth Toohey

town halls gone awry Even deep red MAGA voters are sick of Elon Musk: "Booo!!!" (video) Carla Sinclair

law Walmart illegally opened high-fee bank accounts for 1m workers Rob Beschizza

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

demoscene A cinematic experience in 256 bytes Rob Beschizza

twitter Twitter users will no longer be able to hide their blue checks Rob Beschizza

gadgets HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza