A watchdog group targets payday lenders with a β2 strikesβ rule to help borrowers
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to move ahead with a long-stalled rule to protect borrowers from repeated attempts to collect loan payments from bank accounts with insufficient funds.
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