Trump Harms Consumers by Weakening the CFPB
The bureau resolved one crisis and prevented another. Why would the president shut it down?
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Crippling the CFPB Could Hurt Consumers and Loosen Regulations for Financial Giants
Alternative options if you're the victim of unfair and abusive practices as the consumer watchdog 'winds down.' ...
Judge says she’s leaning toward temporarily saving the CFPB
There’s been no change in plans to wind down the agency, a CFPB employee testified.
Trump Can’t Blacklist Clinton-Affiliated Law Firm, Judge Rules: Here’s Where Trump And Musk Are Winning—And Losing—In Court
Judge Beryl Howell blocked provisions of a recent executive order that barred government officials from working with Perkins ...
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Trump is trying to remake the presidency. Here's why
The Trump administration has shuttered, fired or targeted for resignation individuals, offices and agencies that could serve ...
Banks Want US Consumer Regulator Back to Undo Rules They Loathe
Financial companies were rarely shy about their issues with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But a largely shuttered ...
Humphrey’s Executor: What is the 90-year-old precedent Trump wants overturned?
Trump is pushing the Supreme Court to overturn Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a 1935 ruling that limits presidential ...
A major national bank retrenches in Boise, closing branches and laying off workers
More bank branches are on track to close soon in the Boise area, and some workers are losing their jobs. Wells Fargo notified ...
Ex-CFPB ombudsman’s message to federal student loan borrowers: ‘Demand’ what you’re ‘legally entitled to’
Barnard’s job was to work directly with then-CFPB director, Rohit Chopra, on student loan policy and strategy to address ...
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CFPB inaction harming state consumer protection efforts, Democratic AGs allege
A coalition of 23 Democratic state attorneys general is urging a federal judge in Washington, D.C. to block the Trump ...
Opinion: Susan Collins should have protected the CFPB
The Trump administration is doing the bidding of big banks. Sen. Collins' focus must be on consumers in Maine.
7 ways to safeguard your money as the Trump administration weakens consumer protections
"It's sending a strong message that the CFPB is not here for consumers anymore; that under the Trump administration, the CFPB is here to give out pardons for violating the law," Erin Witte, director ...