Homebuyers Could Be Left 'Vulnerable' If the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Disappears
Homebuyers have been protected from predatory lenders, hidden fees, and deceptive loan practices by the Consumer Financial ...
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2024 Year in Review: Debt Collection and Debt Settlement
Although Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) priorities and mandates are undergoing shifts with the new Trump administration, the CFPB ...
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If the CFPB Can’t Help You, Here’s How You Can Help Yourself
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, has returned more than $21 billion to customers since its founding more ...
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 ...
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' ...
A judge could save America’s financial watchdog
There’s been no change in plans to wind down the agency, a CFPB employee testified.
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CFPB inaction harming state consumer protection efforts, Democratic AGs allege in amicus brief
The Trump Administration’s efforts to “effectively shutter the CFPB” amounts to a “total dereliction of all mandatory statutory duties,” that ...
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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.' ...
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Judge leans toward halting Trump CFPB actions
A federal judge said she is inclined to issue a preliminary injunction to stop the Trump administration dismantling the ...
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Consumer protection employees describe DOGE, White House efforts to dismantle CFPB
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Tuesday that Congress had the power to dismantle the agency, if it so chose, not ...
L.A. investigating banking discrimination complaints against Armenians
Los Angeles officials are reaching out to the local Armenian community for assistance with an ongoing investigation into ...
CFPB employees say mass firing plans remain in place
Two employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) testified Tuesday that top officials’ plans to fire hundreds of workers remain intact, as a federal judge weighs whether to ...