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In R.I.’s payday lending wilderness, a strong voice for reform

Minutes into his work day on a June Monday, Mike Healey saw a post by his social media-savvy boss in support of payday lending...

New polling shows support for R.I. payday lending reform

PROVIDENCE – After years of failed attempts to regulate payday loans in Rhode Island, state lawmakers have a new weapon in their arsenal this...
MICK MULVANEY, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, says the bureau is “too powerful” and is requesting Congress make changes that would effectively make the bureau less independent. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ZACH GIBSON

CFPB acting director calls agency ‘too powerful’

PROVIDENCE – In his first report as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Mick Mulvaney is calling his agency “too powerful.” Mulvaney, an...
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