Lauren Bianchi
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs & Strategic Initiatives
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- lbianchi@consumerbankers.com
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April 13, 2021CBA: Restraining Federal Lending Critical to Reducing Excessive Student Loan Debt In letter to Senate Banking Subcommittee, CBA outlines practical solutions to ease student loan debt, protect borrowers WASHINGTON – As the Administration and Congress evaluate proposals to address the nation’s federal student debt crisis, Consumer Bankers Association today outlined commonsense reforms to reduce student debt and protect borrowers, including reining in unlimited lending by the federal government that drives up the cost of higher education. In a letter to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and...
April 12, 2021CBA, SBFE Small Business Data Highlights Stabilizing Effects of PPP, Short-Term Delinquency Trends WASHINGTON – The Consumer Bankers Association and Small Business Financial Exchange today released the Small Business Lending Trends analysis covering the fourth quarter of 2020. The analysis, which is released quarterly, examines key credit information for America’s small businesses and shows delinquency peaking for most account types as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to affect the lending industry throughout 2020. Key findings from the analysis, which examined data from Q4 2020, include:...
April 8, 2021Supreme Court’s TCPA Decision “A Win for Consumers and Small Businesses” WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court delivered an important win for consumers and small businesses last week when it ruled 9-0 in Facebook v. Duguid to narrow the definition of an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), protecting a bank’s ability to communicate with its customers – especially when there are indications of fraud or to alert customers of assistance during times of emergency – without the threat of unnecessary and unwarranted lawsuits. The Consumer...
