Media Coverage

Payday lending focus of new bills in Legislature

El Paso Times, January 10, 2015

Abbott’s one-size-fits-all remarks could mean trouble for payday lending regulations

The Dallas Morning News, January 9, 2015

Norman Roberts: Predatory lenders put people on the streets -- and in prison

The Dallas Morning News, January 9, 2015

In Texas, payday lenders are getting borrowers arrested

CNN Money, January 8, 2015

Texas Payday Lenders Use Illegal Threat Of Jail Time To Intimidate Thousands Of Borrowers

Think Progress, January 6, 2015

Complaint against payday lenders

KTBC Fox 7 Austin, January 2, 2015

TEXAS IS JAILING BORROWERS WHO CAN’T REPAY PREDATORY LOANS — EVEN THOUGH IT’S ILLEGAL

Ring of Fire, December 30, 2014

Texas Is Throwing People In Jail For Failing To Pay Back Predatory Loans

Huffington Post, December 29, 2014

Payday Lenders Team Up With Prosecutors to Collect Debts, Especially in Collin County

Dallas Observer, December 22, 2014

Report Finds Payday Lenders Illegally Criminalizing Borrowers

San Antonio Current, December 22, 2014

Can Payday Lenders Use The Courts To Collect?

Texas Public Radio, December 19, 2014

Group Warns Of Debtors' Prison Tactics Among Texas Payday Lenders

International Business Times, December 19, 2014

Report: Texas Payday Lenders and Prosecutors Team Up to Criminally Pursue Borrowers

Texas Observer, December 17, 2014

Alone on Loans

Fort Worth Weekly, November 19, 2014

Commentary: Fighting ills of payday loans takes the entire community

Austin American-Statesman, November 13, 2014

Story on Military Lending Act

Al Jazeera  America Tonight, November 11, 2014

Car Title and Payday Loans Can Trap Unwary Veterans

Nerd Wallet, November 10, 2014

We Must End the Cycle of Payday Loan Debt for Military, Veterans, and all Texans

San Angelo Standard Times, November 8, 2014

Waco City Council weighs lower-interest alternative to payday loans

Waco Tribune, November 4, 2014

Here’s proof that Dallas’ payday lending rules are working

Dallas Morning News, October 30, 2014

Casey: Lawmaker should pay for lending violations

Houston Chronicle, October 25, 2014

Ending the payday lending cycle

Dallas Morning News, October 22, 2014 | Op Ed

New DoD Rules Hope To Better Protect Service Members From Predatory Lenders

Texas Public Radio, KSTX San Antonio, September 30, 2014

Opponents keeping up pressure on payday lenders in Texas

Dallas Morning News , September 27, 2014

Loan changes possible

Galveston County Daily News, September 25, 2014