Monday, June 23, 2025

Tag: banks

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cracks down on credit card late fees

The rule was passed in an effort to save 45 million people an average of $220 or more than $10 billion a year.

Capital One announces plan to buy Discover

Capital One announced a definitive agreement under which the company will acquire Discover in an all-stock transaction valued at $35.3 billion.

Bank of America pays $250 million to customers and in penalty fees...

CFPB said Bank of America implemented a "double-dipping scheme" to "harvest junk fees" from customers and those actions are "illegal and undermine customer trust."

World’s biggest banks poured $673 billion into fossil fuels last year

“This is one of the most insane misallocations of capital in human history.”

David Barsamian and Noam Chomsky | Savage capitalism

From climate change to bank failures to war.

What connects Trump’s likely arrest with the bank bailouts?

Let's start with multi-billionaire Peter Thiel, and follow the money.

US mega-banks behind 1/3 of climate-destroying oil and gas expansion: Report

"Global banks' top fossil fuel clients amount to a rogues' gallery of bad actors."

Wells Fargo announces commitment to join Net-Zero Banking Alliance and reach...

"Achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 means stopping financing for the expansion of fossil fuels now."

UK banks defend climate record despite billions lent to fossil fuel...

DeSmog research has found that over 86 percent (13 out of 15) of HSBC’s board of directors have current or past ties to polluting companies and industries.

Bankers eager to continue funding oil and gas

Comments from a recent energy industry conference reveal major financiers of fossil fuels view environmental and social investing concerns as a trend to “inoculate” against.

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Bombing Iran is part of the USA’s repetition compulsion for war war war

“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction.”
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The 10 steps to impeach a president

This isn’t to say Trump couldn’t or won’t be impeached. Only that it’s a long and drawn-out process.

Israel accused of using aid as bait as over 300 Palestinians killed at food...

Palestinians seeking flour and water have become targets, with Israeli forces killing hundreds at so-called humanitarian aid points backed by the U.S.

Turning shuttered coal mines into solar plants could add 300 GW of renewable energy...

“The legacy of coal is written into the land, but that legacy does not have to define the future."

Martial Law in the United States

Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest.