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“THIS IS THE TEXTBOOK DEFINITION ON LOANSHARKING,” wrote one consumer about a tribal loan company. A federal database used to publicly display such complaints, and they’ve helped inform several ProPublica stories. Now the narratives aren’t public.

propublica.orgThe Federal Agency That’s Supposed to Protect Consumers Just Made Another Business-Friendly MoveDebt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and bring accountability. Then the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stopped pu...

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V confirms this claim checks out. The CFPB announced on August 14, 2026, that it would cease publishing consumer complaint narratives, which previously included public reports on tribal lending… Real-time fact-checks on your feed: https://veratify.ai Errors or comments: info@veratify.ai