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WCIA-TV: “We can stop sinking”: Legislators celebrate anniversary of Illinois’ break-up with payday lending

Lawmakers celebrated the one-year anniversary of the passage of the Predatory Loan Prevention Act (PLPA) on Wednesday.

March 27, 2022 at 2:04 pm read more
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Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago-based lender stymied by state cap on interest rates

"Consumer advocates suspect Opportunity Financial, or OppFi, is fighting back against the limit of 36% on loan interest, but the company isn’t discussing its lobbying aims."

February 7, 2022 at 10:10 pm read more

Illinois State Comptroller: Comptroller Mendoza Extends COVID Break for Struggling Taxpayers

Woodstock Institute was proud to join fellow advocates Financial Inclusion for All Illinois, Heartland Alliance, Chicago Jobs Council, COFI, and Legal Action Chicago in fighting to get this impactful program extended for another year. “Extending this program another year...

January 7, 2022 at 12:37 pm read more
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Block Club Chicago: Chicago’s Last Black-Owned Bank Got Millions in Government Deposits – Then Had to Give Them Back

As Black-owned banks disappear, politicians are under increasing pressure to save them. Big deposits are a ready solution, but sometimes they burden the banks more than they help.

January 3, 2022 at 11:18 am read more
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Protocol: Lendtable helps people max out their 401(k)s. So what’s the catch?

A fintech startup wants to give people cash to take advantage of employer match programs that might otherwise be out of their reach. Advocates have concerns.

December 16, 2021 at 9:42 pm read more
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Chicago Sun-Times: High-interest loans in Chicago target Black neighborhoods

By Stephanie Zimmerman, November 26, 2021 Using 2019 borrower loan data obtained from state regulators, the nonprofit Woodstock Institute found the top ZIP codes for payday loans, excluding the Loop, were majority-Black… Brent Adams, senior vice president of the...

November 30, 2021 at 9:40 am read more

Evanston Now: State law causing payday loan stores to close

By Jeff Hirsch, November 4, 2021 Brent Adams, of the Illinois-based Woodstock Institute, a liberal policy study group, says borrowers initially feel they will be able to repay say, $500 on time. But, he says, “research shows that a...

November 5, 2021 at 3:18 pm read more
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Crain’s Chicago Business: First Midwest buyer accused of home-lending discrimination as Fed mulls approval

By Steve Daniels, October 21, 2021 “This (lawsuit) is painting the Federal Reserve into a corner,” says Horacio Mendez, CEO of Chicago-based Woodstock Institute, a 48-year-old fair-lending organization. “I don’t believe this is a delay. I think they have...

October 21, 2021 at 12:53 pm read more
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Nicklaus: Jefferson Bank finds itself in another fight, this time over buyer’s lending practices

By David Nicklaus, October 21, 2021 Horacio Mendez, president of the Woodstock Institute in Chicago, called the data “prima facie evidence” of “egregious redlining.” Woodstock, which does research on economic justice, joined the coalition seeking to block the merger. Complicating the...

October 21, 2021 at 12:51 pm read more
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St. Louis Business Journal: Consumer groups cite minority lending in opposition to merger of First Mid Bancshares, St. Louis-based parent of Jefferson Bank and Trust

By James Drew, October 19, 2021 SLEHCRA and two other groups, the Woodstock Institute and the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, submitted letters Monday opposing the merger to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In addition to urging regulators to...

October 19, 2021 at 6:31 am read more
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