Your government slashed consumer protections. Now what?
In the same way people don’t think about their plumbing until a deathly stench rises from their shower drain, most of us have ...
How consumers can protect their finances as federal safeguards crumble
As the Trump administration looks to neuter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, advocates urge borrowers to step up ...
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What is the CFPB and how does it protect consumers?
"During the Biden administration," for example, the CFPB "passed rules ... as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, with the mission to "address financial ...
What Debt Protections Could Consumers Lose Without the CFPB?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was launched in 2011 in response to the 2008 banking crisis, which destabilized millions of Americans. This new U.S. government agency' ...
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No more consumer protection? What the CFPB shutdown means for you.
In the waning months of the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ... A cap on overdraft fees, for example, could prompt a bank to stop protecting customers against ...
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The new administration should reset federal consumer protection rules
In December, for example, the CFPB sued Zelle and three of the large ... and strike a healthy balance between consumer protection and innovation, credit access and competition.
The Reality Behind CFPB Contradictions That Raised Judge's Ire
A lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to kneecap the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau exposed top ...