Monday, December 4, 2023

Tag: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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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“The madness of militarism,” the 2023 Ellsberg lecture by Norman Solomon

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