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Medical debt may affect credit of 100 million Americans if CFPB rule is scrapped
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule means that millions of Americans with unpaid medical bills will not face ...
What Credit Card Protections Could We Lose if the CFPB Closes?
Remember when the CFPB announced last year it would cap credit card late fees at $8? A typical late fee hovers around $32, so ...
GOP Aims to Repeal CFPB Medical Debt Credit Report Ban (Correct)
Republican lawmakers are moving to eliminate a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule barring medical debt from ...
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Legislation to overturn medical debt rule draws blowback
Legislation to Overturn Medical Debt Rule: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds and Representative Ralph Norman introduced resolutions to ...
CFPB rule to remove medical bills from credit reports goes into effect March 17, but enforcement uncertain: Legally Speaking
New CFPB rules may erase $49 billion in medical debt from credit reports, boosting credit scores for 15 million Americans if enforcement proceeds.
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Lawmakers move to overturn CFPB’s overdraft rule
Republican lawmakers have introduced resolutions to nullify the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s overdraft rule, ...
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Consumer groups to defend Biden-era CFPB overdraft rule
The overdraft rule issued by the CFPB under previous Director Rohit Chopra, capping fees at $5, may be abandoned in the wake ...
Senate Votes to Strip CFPB of Ability to Regulate Platforms Like X
A key federal watchdog is being stripped of its power to oversee potential fraud and abuse in online payment platforms just ...
If the Trump administration guts the CFPB, it could have ‘devastating effects,' says consumer advocate—what it means for your money
Workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have been on administrative leave since February as part of a reported ...
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Credit card late fees cost Americans billions a year — now they're capped at $8
New government regulations are slashing the late fees charged by many credit card companies. On March 5, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule limiting the penalty ...
Consumer Groups to Defend Bank Overdraft Cap as CFPB Retreats
A pair of consumer groups won their bid to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s $5 cap on bank and credit union ...
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Consumer groups to defend Biden-era CFPB overdraft rule
allegedly based on the fear that the CFPB, under new leadership, might “seek to jettison the Overdraft Rule, either via regulation or by a less-than-genuine defense of this action,” U.S ...