Financial Consumer Protection

DOGE rooted into Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

What does having the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on hold mean for consumers?

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance industry, is the latest U.

The Washington Post on MSN · 2d

What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and why is it a Trump target?

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established to root out corporate wrongdoing after the 2008 crash. The Trump administration has moved to weaken it.

Forbes · 2d

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Adds Error Message To Home Page

The Trump administration has ordered the agency, created by Congress and funded by the Federal Reserve, to halt most activity and close its headquarters.

You Don’t Get to Slither Around in Dark

Yahoo · 20h

Elizabeth Warren to Elon Musk: ‘You Don’t Get to Slither Around in the Dark’

The Massachusetts senator decries Trump’s vandalism of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Musk’s “Mount Everest of conflicts”

CNN on MSN · 32m

Elizabeth Warren has grave concerns about Elon Musk gutting her consumer watchdog

About a year before the subprime mortgage meltdown brought the global financial system to its knees, a Harvard Law School professor made the case for launching a new regulator to protect consumers getting ripped off by mortgages,

Cryptopolitan on MSN · 21h

Senator Elizabeth Warren says Elon Musk’s D.O.G.E is harmful to US consumers

Senator Elizabeth Warren accused Elon Musk and Donald Trump of leaving American consumers completely exposed to financial exploitation after “illegally shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

Fed Does Not Need to Hurry on Cutting Interest Rates

The Washington Post · 18h

Powell says Trump's comments won't affect interest rate decisions by the Fed

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday President Donald Trump’s calls for lower interest rates won’t lead the central bank to change its rate decisions

The Wall Street Journal on MSN · 1d

Powell: The Fed Does Not Need to Hurry on Cutting Interest Rates

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell faced questions on the closing of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, President Trump’s tariff policies and interest rates while testifying before the Senate Banking Committee.

The Financial Times · 1d

Powell testimony as it happened - Fed chair gives few clues on next rate move and avoids being drawn on response to Trump policies

Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell is quizzed by members of Congress about interest rates, the outlook for the economy and the impact of a potential trade war. In a hearing that was dominated by Democrats’ concerns over the Trump administration’s gutting of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Republican claims that many right-leaning Americans are being “debanked” owing to their political leanings,

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How America's chief consumer-protection agency came into the Trump administration's crosshairs

While business groups have long lamented actions taken by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Trump and his allies want ...

‘Deregulation by Firings’: Breaking Down the Cuts to Financial Oversight

The furious pace of deregulation is gutting agencies intended to protect ordinary Americans, consumer advocates say. But ...

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This Consumer Protection Cop Was Just Thrown Off the Beat by DOGE

The Trump and Musk administration hollowed out the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, removing the watchdogs who were “protecting people's money.” ...

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From credit cards to medical debt: What may happen to some key consumer protection rules under Trump

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the so-called cop on the beat protecting Americans from financial abuse, is now ...

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Secrecy preceded the shutdown of the consumer protection agency’s Washington headquarters

President Donald Trump’s budget chief has sent an email to consumer protection agency employees telling them to stop working.

Mass. Sen. Warren hits Trump decision to stop work at consumer watchdog bureau she proposed

The move on the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau gives "banks and giant corporations the green light to scam ...

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Consumer watchdog ordered to stop fighting financial abuse and to work from home as HQ temporarily shuts down

Russell Vought, the newly installed acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, sent an email Saturday night ...

US Consumer Watchdog Fires Some Probationary Staff, Sources Say

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired some probationary staff on Tuesday, according to a recipient of a ...

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