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Elise Robillard gestures as she answers a question following a news conference concerning the impact of payday and predatory loans in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Leaders from some of Oklahoma's churches, nonprofits and Native American tribes are among those calling for changes to the state's payday loan industry that they say preys on low-income residents and keeps them trapped in a cycle of debt. Robillard, says she fell into a cycle of taking short-term, high-interest loans that ultimately led her to declare bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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