Top Journalists in Check Cashing, Payday Loans, Pawn Shops
Andrew Ackerman The Washington Post
Washington Post financial regulation reporter covering the Federal Reserve, CFPB and Capitol Hill’s fights over small‑dollar lending and fintech regulation. Specialties: CFPB and bank regulation; congressional oversight; small‑dollar lending policy
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AnnaMaria Andriotis The Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal reporter on consumer finance who has chronicled high‑cost credit markets and bank products adjacent to payday and small‑dollar lending. Specialties: Consumer credit; subprime/near‑prime lending; card and bank practices affecting underbanked borrowers
Chris Arnold NPR (Investigations/Business)
NPR correspondent whose reporting has repeatedly focused on payday and auto‑title lending, CFPB rulemakings, and borrowers’ experiences with high‑cost credit. Specialties: Consumer protection; payday and auto‑title loans; CFPB actions; debt collection
Kate Berry American Banker
American Banker’s lead CFPB reporter who has covered payday/earned‑wage‑access developments, enforcement against high‑cost lenders, and bank/fintech oversight since 2016. Specialties: CFPB rulemaking and enforcement; small‑dollar lending; bank/fintech supervision
Stacy Cowley The New York Times
New York Times consumer‑finance reporter who has covered state and federal crackdowns on high‑cost lending and alternatives to payday loans. Specialties: Consumer finance; small‑business and household credit; CFPB and state AG actions
David Dayen The American Prospect
Executive editor of The American Prospect and veteran reporter on predatory lending and CFPB politics, frequently analyzing policy impacts on small‑dollar credit markets. Specialties: Financial regulation; payday/AFS policy; corporate influence on consumer‑finance rules
John Heltman American Banker
American Banker’s Washington bureau chief; covers federal rulemaking and oversight touching payday, earned‑wage access and other alternative‑financial‑services providers. Specialties: Washington financial policy; CFPB oversight; nonbank/AFS supervision
Michael Hiltzik Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times business columnist who frequently scrutinizes payday‑loan practices and regulatory responses in California and nationally. Specialties: Consumer advocacy columns; high‑cost lending; state/federal regulatory fights
Katanga Johnson Bloomberg News
Banking‑regulation reporter who covers CFPB and prudential regulators’ actions that affect payday, earned‑wage access and other small‑dollar lenders. Specialties: Banking/CFPB regulation; enforcement and compliance; fintech policy
Paul Kiel ProPublica
ProPublica investigative reporter behind seminal work on payday and installment‑loan harms and debt‑collection abuses. Specialties: High‑cost lending investigations; debt collection lawsuits; installment and payday lenders
Jason Mikula Fintech Business Weekly (independent)
Publisher of Fintech Business Weekly who regularly breaks and analyzes stories on earned‑wage access, small‑dollar/fintech lending and related regulatory actions. Specialties: Fintech lending; earned‑wage access; bank‑fintech partnerships; CFPB/FDIC policy
Gretchen Morgenson NBC News Investigations
NBC News senior investigative financial reporter whose work has examined predatory lending and debt‑collection practices affecting vulnerable borrowers. Specialties: Investigative reporting on consumer‑finance abuses; debt buyers; high‑cost credit
Tony Romm The Washington Post
Washington Post economic‑policy reporter who has chronicled the CFPB’s crackdown on payday and other high‑cost lenders and the politics surrounding the bureau. Specialties: Economic policy; CFPB enforcement; Big Tech/finance intersections incl. EWA/payday
Pete Schroeder Reuters
Reuters financial‑regulation correspondent covering federal moves on payday/earned‑wage‑access products and broader consumer‑finance policy. Specialties: Financial‑regulation beat; CFPB/FTC actions; congressional oversight of small‑dollar lenders
Michelle Singletary The Washington Post
Washington Post’s Color of Money columnist who frequently warns consumers about payday and similar high‑cost products and highlights safer options. Specialties: Personal‑finance advice; consumer protection; alternatives to payday/check‑cashing
Paige Smith Bloomberg News
Bloomberg consumer‑finance reporter who has led coverage of earned‑wage‑access and other small‑dollar products and their regulatory treatment. Specialties: Consumer‑finance news; earned‑wage access; payments and nonbank lending policy
Ken Sweet Associated Press
Associated Press banking reporter with extensive national coverage of payday‑loan rules, enforcement and industry lobbying. Specialties: Banking/consumer finance; CFPB rules; storefront and online payday/auto‑title lending
Sam Sutton POLITICO
Co‑author of POLITICO’s Morning Money who regularly reports on CFPB actions and congressional debates affecting payday, EWA and alternative financial services. Specialties: Fintech and financial‑services policy; CFPB/Capitol Hill; earned‑wage access
Evan Weinberger Bloomberg Law
Bloomberg Law correspondent focused on CFPB enforcement who has covered actions and court fights involving payday and pawn‑lending companies. Specialties: CFPB enforcement and litigation; registries and supervision of nonbanks; pawn/payday cases
Zachary Warmbrodt POLITICO
POLITICO’s financial‑services editor and Morning Money co‑author known for agenda‑setting coverage of CFPB and small‑dollar‑lending politics on Capitol Hill. Specialties: Financial‑services policy leadership; CFPB politics; House/Senate banking dynamics
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