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The Title Pawn Trap

High-Interest Title Lending in Georgia

Title lenders offer quick cash to anyone who can use their car as collateral, but in Georgia, lax regulation leaves many borrowers trapped in high-interest debt.

TitleMax Demands High-Interest Payments From Borrowers in Bankruptcy

by Margaret Coker, The Current, and Joel Jacobs and Mollie Simon, ProPublica, illustrations by Laila Milevski, special to ProPublica,

How We Measured the Title Lending Industry in Georgia

by Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, and Margaret Coker, The Current,

The Powerful Forces Keeping High Interest Title Lending Alive in Georgia

by Margaret Coker, The Current, and Mollie Simon, ProPublica,

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fines TitleMax $15 Million for Predatory Lending

by Margaret Coker, The Current,

Inside the Controversial Sales Practices of the Nation’s Biggest Title Lender

by Margaret Coker, The Current,

How Title Lending Works

by Margaret Coker, The Current, and Mollie Simon and Joel Jacobs, ProPublica,

How Title Lenders Trap Poor Americans in Debt With Triple-Digit Interest Rates

by Margaret Coker, The Current, and Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, with research by Mollie Simon, ProPublica,