Federal Proposal Puts Billions in Community Development Investments at Risk

Advocates Sound Alarm Over Chicago-Based 100% APR Lender Seeking Bank Charter

Proposed BNPL Legislation Weakens Consumer Protections in Illinois

New Small Business Lending Rule Undermines Transparency

Coalition Urges Passage of APR for All to Require Transparency in Small Business Lending

Statement: Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Administration’s Attempt to Defund Consumer Financial Protection Agency

“APR for All” Legislation Gets Big Boost From State’s Leading Constitutional Officers, County and City Leaders

Trump’s Latest Effort to Dismantle Consumer Protections Is Sloppy Policy That Values Profits Over Everyday Americans

Evanston Small Business Owners Share Financing Challenges at Community Town Hall

Coalition for Small Business Lending Transparency Calls for “APR for All” Legislation to Extend Loan Transparency to Small Businesses

President’s 10% Rate Cap on Credit Cards Would Cause Chaos, But There’s a Better Way to Make America Affordable

Woodstock Institute Warns CFPB Proposal Would Roll Back Fair Lending Protections Against Discrimination

Lawsuit Filed to Halt the Trump Administration’s Attempt to Permanently Eliminate Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Through Defunding Ruse

Statement on the US Treasury’s Move to Abolish the Community Development Financial Institution Fund

Federal Government Attacks Housing Crisis Solutions in Name of Anti-DEI Crusade

The Internet Becomes More Like the Wild West for Illinois Consumers

CFPB Proposes Safe Havens for Financial Predators: Woodstock Institute Warns Agency’s Plan to Exempt Nonbank Companies from Oversight Will Put Consumers “Directly in Harm’s Way”

Statement on Federal Regulators’ Rescinding of 2023 Community Reinvestment Act Final Rule

Post-Pandemic Mortgage Market Plummets in Chicagoland, Hitting Black and Latine Homebuyers

The Barrage of Bad News for Consumers Continues: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces That It Won’t Enforce Its Own Rules Aimed at Detecting and Stopping Discrimination Against Women-, Minority- and LGBTQI+- Owned Small Businesses