Attention all Subprime Small Dollar Lenders! Did you miss this?

The national <36% APR theme is gaining ground. You’re a “lender to the Masses?” Read this, digest it, assemble your team, plan to survive & prosper.

• How will you deal with these issues? 
• Shrinking margins
• High cost of capital
• Legacy storefront lease payments
• Headcount
• Outdated loan management platforms
• Fraud
• Transition to online digital channels
• Increasing [CAC] Customer Acquisition Costs
• Competition – Sovereign Nation Tribal lenders, Pawn, BNPL [Buy Now Pay Later], Early access to wages, Dave.com platforms…
• Acquiring, underwriting, funding, payment processing, customer service… via smartphone form factors.
• Gaining awareness and introductions to the latest, most technologically advanced platforms, systems, and vendors delivering state-of-the-art solutions including [IBV] instant bank verification, [IWV] instant wage verification, and AI-powered debt negotiation platforms enabling your borrowers in default to literally “negotiate” with an artificially empowered engine thus reducing your collections department headcount while avoiding the customary strategy of selling your 60+ day bad debt for $.04/dollar.
• Do you have a clue as to what organizations are continuously pushing for legislation that places a 36% cap on APR rates? Surely you don’t think this is to “protect” consumers from themselves! They ALL have agendas and it’s certainly NOT helping the masses extricate themselves from perpetual debt and serfdom!
• Comprehending the revolutionary impact of DEFI on financial services and navigating implementation. ACH rails, funding, remittance… is already experiencing upheaval.
• The masses will ALWAYS live paycheck to paycheck. Will you evolve and remain able to serve them profitably and fairly given the risks associated with serving the subprime? Are you aware that the “prime” consumer today will become the “subprime” consumer tomorrow? Or, will you abandon the business of lending to the masses and open a yogurt shop?

Read the following Press release! Know that my Team is a B2C Lender, investor, consultancy, conduit, Native American Tribal specialist, networker, and in daily conversations with the savviest executives, operators, and vendors in what I call, “The Business of Lending to the Masses.”

Need help? Want to brainstorm? Don’t hesitate to reach out: Jer@theBusinessOflending.com

THIS NATIONAL THEME FOR A <36% APR CAP IS CRITICAL!

IT WILL NOT GO AWAY!!

November 17, 2021: Representatives García and Grothman Introduce Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act to Protect Consumers from Predatory Lending Practices. “

“WASHINGTON, DC – Earlier this week, Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), a member of the Financial Services Committee, and Congressman Glenn Grothman (WI-06) introduced the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act, to extend small-dollar “payday” and car-title 36% rate cap protections established under the Military Lending Act (MLA) to all consumers, including veterans and their families. This bill will better protect consumers, particularly military personnel, from certain predatory lending practices.” 

“A Senate companion bill was introduced earlier this year by Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). Representatives García and Grothman both testified before the Senate Banking Committee in support of the bill.” 

“Predatory loans trap working-class people like the ones I represent in Chicago in an endless cycle of debt and jeopardize our economic recovery. It’s up to Congress to ensure that families aren’t stuck with unpayable interest rates on loans for a utility bill or baby stroller,” said Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García. “This bipartisan bill expands the time-tested protections of the Military Lending Act to veterans, military families, and other consumers. Congress should act with haste to advance it to protect families from this unpayable debt.” 

“Usury has been condemned since Biblical times. Historically, the United States has had usury laws, putting a guard rail up for borrowers. As more and more loans are given online, it becomes more difficult for states to deal with the problem of snowballing debt. The Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act is a great starting point to address the influx of foul play by payday lenders who seize on vulnerable borrowers. We already protect military service members under the Military Lending Act, which means that we have recognized the predatory nature of high-interest loans to our men and women in uniform. This raises the question – if it is wrong to allow predatory lenders to target our service members, why is it right to let them target the rest of the community?” Said Congressman Glenn Grothman.” 

“This important legislation is critical as consumers across the country try to recover from the financial ruin caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Rachel Gittleman, Financial Services Outreach Manager with the Consumer Federation of America. “We thank Congressmen García and Grothman for stepping up to protect consumers from predatory, high-cost lenders that thrive on the unaffordable debt trap created by the borrower’s inability to repay. This legislation will protect consumers of color, veteran, low-income, rural, and older consumers, who have been targeted by high-cost lenders who see their historic financial exclusion as a ticket to exploitation.” 

“The bill was introduced with 15 original cosponsors: Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), André Carson (IN-07), Danny K. Davis (IL-07), Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08), Ted Lieu (CA-33), Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC-00), Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10), Mark Pocan (WI-02), Rashida Tlaib (MI-13), and Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12).” 

“This bill is endorsed by organizations including the National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low-income clients), Center for Responsible Lending, Consumer Federation of America, Woodstock Institute, Americans for Financial Reform, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), NAACP, the Main Street Alliance, Jesuit Social Research Institute, Center for Public Justice, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, Faith in Action, National Baptist Convention USA, United Church of Christ, Justice and Local Church Ministries, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and more.”

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