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New consumer protections could end soon. Here’s what you need to know
With the shuttering of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, rules are changing on bank overdraft fees, medical debt’s ...
Debt.com Survey: 91% of Americans with Medical Debt Say It Shouldn't Hurt Credit Scores - But Political Attacks on CFPB Put New Protections at Risk
A new national survey from Debt.com finds 9 in 10 Americans with medical debt believe it should not appear on credit reports, ...
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What The CFPB’s 2025 Priorities Memo Means For Lenders
A federal judge has ordered a halt, for now, to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) mass staff reduction last ...
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Court overturns rule limiting late fees to $8
The rule, issued during the Biden administration, limited overdraft fees to $8, after determining that amount was the actual ...
Judge tosses Biden-era credit card late fee rule: What to know
A federal judge just scrapped a rule that capped credit card late fees at $8, down from over $30. This reverses a move made ...
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Synchrony breathes sigh of relief after CFPB rule's demise
Synchrony Financial stands to benefit from the undoing of a Biden-era cap on credit card late fees. Company executives said ...
Crowdfund Insider10d
CFPB – Bank “Junk Fees” Reduction Initiated Under Biden, Reversed by the Courts
During the Biden Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) enacted new rules designed to eliminate ...
HousingWire9d
With CFPB gutted, what’s next for mortgage compliance?
After 90% of CFPB staff was laid off this week, industry experts weigh in on what lenders should expect on compliance.
The Daily Signal10d
CFPB Rule Would ‘Unlawfully Encroach on Tribes,’ Native American Leaders Argue
The CFPB rule would infringe on the common practice ... The Daily Signal’s own Tyler O’Neil exposes this leftist cabal in his new book, The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the ...
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Texas judge tosses rule that would have capped credit card late fees
The CFPB estimated when it issued the proposal last year that ... in a December ruling had said they would have likely ...
The CFPB says it will 'deprioritize' protecting student borrowers, people with medical debt
New leaders at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau say the agency will return to its original mandate of regulating ...
Judge scraps US rule capping credit card late fees at $8
A federal judge on Tuesday threw out a U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule capping credit card late fees at $8, ...