Federal Payday Loan Bill Fails to Protect Consumers

Regulators Testify on Capitol Hill (BankInfo Security)

It’s Been March Madness For Jackson Hewitt (MediaPost News)

Vacant Homes: The New Subprime Scandal (Washington Independent)

Can you imagine paying 177% for a used car loan? Some did. (Crain’s Chicago Business)

Can EveryBlock go everywhere? (CNN)

Mortgage ‘fix’ often not enough (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Many who get foreclosure help still slipping behind (Bankrate.com)

New ACORN study links lawbreaking to foreclosures (Queens Chronicle)

Free services help prevent foreclosures (Chicago Tribune)

More Americans Turn to Tax Refund Loans to Pay Monthly Bills (Bloomberg)

President’s retirement savings proposals are little-noticed gems

Foreclosure becomes campaign issue (Beacon Council)

What to know when you’re renting (Chicago Tribune)

Distressed homeowners fight foreclosure by taking their lenders to court (Chicago Tribune)

Illinois bankers worried about effects of a moratorium on foreclosures (Chicago Tribune)

Once-hot condo market doused by flood of foreclosures (Medill News Service)

Risk-takers welcomed in Chicago suburb hit hard by foreclosures (Medill News Service)

Illinois bankers look for more details in administration’s bailout plan (Chicago Tribune)

Changing loan terms must be easier