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Buy Now, Pay Later firms push back against consumer protection rules
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may rescind proposed rules treating Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services like ...
The Washington Informer5d
House Committee Votes to Strip CFPB’s Victim Compensation Fund
The CFPB's civil penalty fund faces cuts, jeopardizing billions in compensation for defrauded consumers. The impact on ...
Missouri Business Alert8h
Planned changes to federal consumer protections highlight lack of state guardrails
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is undergoing changes with big implications for a variety of consumer finance issues ...
Trump to Withdraw Nominee to Lead Consumer Bureau
Jonathan McKernan is expected to be tapped for a Treasury Department post instead after waiting for months for the full ...
NBC Washington21d
What dramatic cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could mean for consumers
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was one of the early targets of the Trump administration's attempts to dramatically reduce government spending. The bureau's work was first suspended in ...
Banks are keeping credit card rates high even after the CFPB rule they blamed for high APRs was killed
Retail cards hit a record high average interest rate of 30.5% last year, according to a Bankrate survey, and rates have ...
US consumer watchdog to scrap scores of financial oversight policies issued since 2011
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a list on Friday of nearly 70 policy and regulatory guidance documents ...