The Dismantling Of Consumer Protections: What It Means For You
The beneficiaries of a weakened CFPB are clear: big banks, payday lenders, debt collectors, and financial institutions that ...
CFPB’s Case Against Capital One (COF) Drops in Less Than Two Months – Here’s Why
Nothing lasts forever, sometimes not even two months. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has officially dropped ...
CFPB’s Case Against Capital One (COF) Vanishes in Less Than Two Months – Here’s Why
Nothing lasts forever, sometimes not even two months. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has officially dropped ...
DOGE’s efforts to dismantle consumer finance agency have slowed, official testifies
A top official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau testified in court Monday that efforts by DOGE to quickly and ...
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Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – March 2025 # 2
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the ...
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Democrats vow to fight shutdown of consumer watchdog agency
and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, calling on them to reverse course on actions targeting the nation's consumer financial watchdog agency. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB ...
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From credit cards to medical debt: What may happen to some key consumer protection rules under Trump
The Consumer ... Scott Bessent, had ordered a somewhat narrower freeze. The freeze means the bureau — which was created by Congress under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act to protect consumers from ...
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What’s at stake if Consumer Financial Protection Bureau goes dark
The Consumer Financial ... the Treasury Scott Bessent, and now Russell Vought, director of the Office of Budget and Management — took swift steps to halt operations at the bureau, including ...
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Trump replaces Consumer Protection Bureau head with Bessent amid defunding talks
(The Center Square) – Days after sacking the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, President Donald Trump has appointed Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent to temporarily ...
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4 Factors That Could Affect Your Debt — and What You Can Do
Reducing debt is Americans’ top financial priority for 2025. That's according to the CFP Board of Standard’s Debt and New ...
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CFPB tailspin, banks hopeful on M&A: Top news February 2025
The changing of the guard at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and hope among bankers for mergers and acquisitions activity are popular items this month.