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Lalita Clozel
Lalita Clozel is a former Wall Street Journal banking reporter whose work has covered fintech-bank partnerships and bank-regulatory enforcement.
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Stacy Cowley
Cowley co-authored the April 2020 Times story on large bank customers receiving "concierge treatment" during the first PPP round.
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David Dayen
Executive editor of The American Prospect; his 2020 "Unsanitized" series covered PPP design, bank incentives and transparency.
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Lydia DePillis
The May 2021 ProPublica story found 378 PPP loans, about $7 million, to fake farms in implausible places — potato fields in Palm Beach, orange groves in…
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Zeke Faux
Faux and Surane reported that Kabbage cut off small-business credit lines as cash needs mounted in early 2020.
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Emily Flitter
Flitter co-authored the April 2020 Times story on banks giving richer clients "concierge treatment" in the first PPP round.
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Renae Merle
Merle covered the early PPP rollout, including stories about the rocky launch, emergency-loan delays, and community-bank implementation.
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Caitlin Mullen
Banking Dive senior editor; her May 2024 story covered the Kabbage / KServicing False Claims Act settlements.
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Tony Romm
Economic policy correspondent at The New York Times; at The Washington Post (2018–2025) he reported the December 1, 2022 story on the House fintech PPP report…
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Patrick Rucker
Capitol Forum reporter on bank regulation whose July 20, 2020 story, "Senate Democrats Ask Banking Regulator to Explain Handling of 'Redlining'…
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Jenny Surane
Surane and Faux reported that Kabbage cut off business credit lines as cash needs mounted at the beginning…
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Derek Willis
Data journalist; co-author of ProPublica's May 2021 investigation of PPP loans to fake farms and co-builder of its "Tracking PPP Loans" database.
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