Former Banker/Regulator Wants To Allow Banks To Make Payday Loans

A powerful banking regulator appointed by President Trump could face tough questions in a Senate hearing Thursday about his efforts to allow big banks to make small, high-interest, short-term loans to consumers.

Joseph Otting is a former banking executive who is now in charge of an agency that oversees the nation’s largest banks – including some that Otting used to help run. And he’s slated to appear before the Senate Banking Committee, a panel which includes Massachusetts Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has been sharply critical of the Trump administration financial regulators.

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https://www.npr.org/2018/06/14/619655770/former-banker-now-regulator-wants-to-allow-banks-to-make-payday-style-loans

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