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Of Predatory Lending And The Democratization Of Credit: Preserving The Social Safety Net Of Informality In Small-Loan Transactions, Regina Austin Jan 2004

Of Predatory Lending And The Democratization Of Credit: Preserving The Social Safety Net Of Informality In Small-Loan Transactions, Regina Austin

American University Law Review

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In Pursuit Of Safety And Soundness: An Analysis Of The Occ's Anti-Predatory Lending Standard, Diana Mcmonagle Jan 2004

In Pursuit Of Safety And Soundness: An Analysis Of The Occ's Anti-Predatory Lending Standard, Diana Mcmonagle

Fordham Urban Law Journal

In order to combat the escalating problem of predatory lending, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), a federal regulator of the national banking industry, issued a Final Rule in 2004 which sets forth a uniform federal standard to guide banking policies on predatory practices and to aid regulator’s identification of predatory loans. The anti-predatory standard states that “a national bank shall not make a consumer loan . . . based predominantly on the bank’s realization of the foreclosure or liquidation value of the borrower’s collateral, without regard to the borrower’s ability to repay the loan according to …


Lending A Helping Hand?: A Guide To Kentucky's New Predatory Lending Law, Kent H. Barnett Jan 2004

Lending A Helping Hand?: A Guide To Kentucky's New Predatory Lending Law, Kent H. Barnett

Kentucky Law Journal

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