By Robert Reed, Chicago Tribune If you have a credit card, mortgage, payday loan or do any type of consumer financing, expect to be hurt by President Donald Trump’s plan to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — a controversial but...
By Robert Reed, Chicago Tribune CHICAGO, IL — If you have a credit card, mortgage, payday loan or do any type of consumer financing, expect to be hurt by President Donald Trump’s plan to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau —...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NOVEMBER 15, 2017 CHICAGO, IL – Woodstock Institute, a leading advocate for consumers on financial reform, released the following statement today on Richard Cordray’s decision to step down as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...
By Gabriel Dillard, The Business Journal Businesses located in Fresno’s predominantly minority census tracts missed out on loans totaling nearly $79 million from 2012 to 2015. Looking at Fresno’s low-income census tracts, that figure is $56 million in loans...
Small Businesses in Low-Income and Minority Communities Struggle to Obtain Bank Loans, Unlike Businesses in Predominantly White, High-Income Areas For Immediate Release November 2, 2017 CHICAGO, IL – A new report on small business lending shows business in low-...
Patterns of Disparity: Small Business Lending in Fresno and Minneapolis- St. Paul The report examines the state of traditional bank small business lending in Fresno County, CA, and Minneapolis – St. Paul, MN. It offers policy and practice...