Report Reveals How Payday Lenders Trap Borrowers in Cycle of Debt

Consumer Bureau says payday loan industry uses deception to drive reborrowing

Andy Spears
2 min readApr 16, 2022

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A report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reveals that payday lenders engage in deceptive tactics in order to trap borrowers in a cycle of costly reborrowing.

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Andy Spears

Writer and policy advocate living in Nashville, TN —Public Policy Ph.D. — writes on education policy, consumer affairs, and more . . .