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CFPB's Future Uncertain: Bankers Anticipate Changes Under Trump Administration

Although the open banking regulation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is intended to safeguard consumer rights, bankers anticipate changes under the Trump administration, which might curtail the agency's authority.

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Jarkesy Should Not Have Been So Easy For Justice Barrett

There are tensions between Jarkesy, CFPB, and Vidal.

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Supreme Court upholds financial agency's 'novel' funding structure - Roll Call

The Supreme Court upheld the funding structure for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday as constitutional.

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Stocks Push Higher on Strength in Chip Stocks

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.07%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.19%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.43%. Stocks this morning are modestly higher, with the Dow...

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Supreme Court to hear arguments on funding for financial protection agency - Roll Call

The Biden administration wants justices to overturn a ruling that invalidated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding structure.

Roll Call

Senators, CFPB director spar over proposed credit card fee limit

WASHINGTON — Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra on Tuesday defended the agency’s proposal to lower credit card late fees against criticism from Republicans at a Senate Banking hearing.

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Senators, CFPB’s Chopra spar over proposed credit card fee limit - Roll Call

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra defended a proposal to lower credit card late fees against GOP criticism.

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Second Circuit weighs in on CFPB funding structure

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Protect consumers by safeguarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

It’s important the U.S. Supreme Court puts aside its politics and gets a ruling right on a case challenging the CFPB.

Chicago Sun-Times

Congress Should Not Give Any Government Agency Financial Free Rein

Lawmakers should proactively retake the power of the purse from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, regardless of how the Supreme Court rules.

Reason

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Supreme Court to decide fate of Obama-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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Supreme Court to hear case that threatens existence of consumer protection agency

At issue is how the CFPB is funded: It gets its money from the Federal Reserve, which in turn is funded by bank fees, and not through congressional appropriations.

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Supreme Court to decide fate of Obama-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide on the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created in the wake of the 2008 Wall Street collapse and funded directly by the Federal Reserve.

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Supreme Court will consider constitutionality of CFPB

This case may be the most serious challenge yet to the decade-plus-old agency.

Roll Call

Supreme Court to decide case over consumer agency funding - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will decide a case that challenges the way Congress chose to fund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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Miss a credit card payment? Federal regulators want to put new limits on late fees

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to cap late fees at $8. Banking groups say the proposal would result in higher costs for consumers.

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White House directs FTC, CFPB to probe housing rental market practices

Landlords will face greater federal scrutiny from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Trade Commission and other agencies amid rapidly rising rents under a plan that President Joe Biden released Wednesday.

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White House directs FTC, CFPB to probe housing rental market practices - Roll Call

The White House has directed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission to examine the housing rental market.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Wells Fargo got slammed with a $3.7-billion penalty. So why doesn't it sound sorry?

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau left very little unsaid when it announced, a few days before Christmas, $3.7 billion in assessments against Wells Fargo Bank for more than a decade of legal violations harming its millions of customers.

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Upended: How medical debt changed their lives

Some lost their homes. Some emptied their retirement accounts. Some struggled to feed and clothe their families. Medical debt now touches more than 100 million people in America, as the U.S. health care system pushes patients into debt on a mass scale. Debtors are from all walks of life and…

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Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion settling charges it wrongfully seized homes and cars

The case marks the largest penalty ever imposed by the federal watchdog agency the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Customers who were harmed will receive $2 billion in restitution.

AFP

US agency orders Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 bn for shoddy banking practices

New York (AFP) - US officials announced Tuesday a $3.7 billion settlement with Wells Fargo over an array of "illegal activity" that burdened customers with wrongful home foreclosures and other problems.

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Buying gifts? Why ‘buy now, pay later’ could be a dangerous option for many holiday shoppers

Gift-givers hoping to splurge this holiday season despite the pinch of high inflation have an easy option: buy now, pay later.

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