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.

7 stories published since 2022

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

July 13, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
How We Measured the Title Lending Industry in Georgia

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

July 13, 2023, 4:59 am EDT
The Powerful Forces Keeping High Interest Title Lending Alive in Georgia

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

April 4, 2023, 5:00 am EDT
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Fines TitleMax $15 Million for Predatory Lending

by Margaret Coker, The Current

February 24, 2023, 3:15 pm EST
Inside the Controversial Sales Practices of the Nation’s Biggest Title Lender

by Margaret Coker, The Current

January 19, 2023, 5:00 am EST
How Title Lending Works

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

December 6, 2022, 5:00 am EST
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

November 14, 2022, 6:00 am EST