It's Time To Shutter The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Created at the behest of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has the ostensible goal of protecting people from bad actors and practices in the financial ...
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reports renters are still struggling
Recent data show the average rent has gone down over the last few months but that doesn’t necessarily mean all renters are ...
Equifax Ordered to Pay $15 Million: Here's What Consumers Should Know
Equifax was heavily fined by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for not adequately investigating consumer credit report ...
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Late rent payments suggest increased financial distress among consumers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finds that renters are continuing to have a hard time paying their rent on ...
Ted Cruz Leads Republican Charge to Defund Consumer-Protection Agency
The CFPB—tasked to protect consumers from unfair banking practices—was created by Democrats in the wake of the 2008 financial ...
The head of a federal agency for consumers has packed up his office. But will Trump fire him?
The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Rohit Chopra, has been waiting for a phone call, letter, email, ...
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How consumers are using their credit cards suggests elevated financial stress
American consumers are showing signs of financial stress in the way they are using their credit cards, according to a new ...
Cruz to revive push to abolish government consumer protection agency
Senate Republicans backed a Wednesday effort from Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...