Tag: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Feds to limit data brokers from selling personal information under proposed...
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposed new rule would require companies to have explicit authorization from consumers to share sensitive personal and financial information.
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.
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."
‘Lawless and reckless’: Warren condemns Fifth Circuit attack on CFPB
"If it stands, it will go down in history as one of the most anti-consumer court rulings in history."
Warren urges delay in confirmation vote for CFPB Director until release...
“Kathy Kraninger helped implement a policy to punish innocent young children – that is a moral stain that will follow her for the rest of her life."
Elizabeth Warren blocks Trump’s pick for CFPB Director until release of...
“I urge my colleagues in the Senate to reject this highly cynical nomination.”
On the CFPB’s birthday, stand against sharks
The CFPB has provided an extraordinary amount of help to millions of Americans in just six years. Now it needs our help.
An arrogant entrance, a sad exit
With a new Congress and White House committed to wealth’s concentration, we’ll sorely miss the scholar who dedicated his life to documenting wealth’s maldistribution.
Consumers Lose, Wall Street Wins, in Right-Wing Court Ruling
The battles to rein in Wall Street fraud and resist the right-wing assault on an independent judiciary are far from over.
You Used to Be Able to Take Them to Court
The CFPB is working to protect you as a consumer from forced arbitration clauses in financial contracts.
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EPA proposes to double amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale under Trump administration
Is this change part of a broader reassessment of how the agency evaluates cancer risks from chemicals?
Winter storm exposes Gaza shelter crisis as UN warns Palestinians left to freeze
As torrential rain floods tent encampments and an 8 month old baby dies of exposure, UN officials and aid groups say Israel’s continued blockade of shelter and supplies is deepening a humanitarian emergency despite ceasefire commitments.
House vote moves to undo Trump orders stripping union rights from federal workers
A bipartisan majority backed the Protect America’s Workforce Act to reverse what labor leaders call the “single-largest act of union busting in American history,” restoring collective bargaining protections for nearly 1 million federal employees.
Netanyahu ties Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre to Australia’s recognition of Palestinian statehood
As Australia mourned a deadly antisemitic attack that killed 16 people, critics accused the Israeli prime minister of exploiting tragedy to attack Palestinian self-determination.
Trump order targets state AI laws as critics cite Big Tech influence and federal...
A new executive order directs the Justice Department to sue states over “onerous and excessive” AI regulations and threatens funding cuts, drawing backlash from lawmakers, watchdogs, and governors who say it rewards major tech donors at the expense of public protections.