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New Rule Lets Lenders Judge Whether People Can Actually Afford Mortgages
The end of quick sale loans. In the past, lenders could get away with offering quickie low- or no-d…
Mandi Woodruff
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Of All The Brand New Mortgage Rules, This One Is Our Favorite
-When borrowers miss two payments, lenders must inform them of what actions they can take to get ba…
Mandi Woodruff
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It Just Got A Lot Easier To Get Debt Collectors Off Your Back
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau became the third federal agency to take complaints from co…
Mandi Woodruff
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Looks Like We Were The Only Ones Happy With The New Mortgage Rules
“CFPB is providing mortgage servicers advance notice to do their dirty work before the new regulati…
Mandi Woodruff
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It Just Got A Lot Easier To Get Debt Collectors Off Your Back
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau became the third federal agency to take complaints from co…
Mandi Woodruff
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Consumer Watchdog Takes A Big Step Toward Reigning In The Student Loan Industry
Servicers collect debt payments from borrowers and distribute them to loan holders, and although th…
Megan Durisin
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Affirm falls 16% as CFPB announces inquiry into buy now, pay later services
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told five companies to turn over information to assess ris…
Max Adams
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Head of Obama-era consumer watchdog steps down after years of Republican pressure
The CFPB was created in the wake of the financial crisis by President Barack Obama's administration…
Bob Bryan
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Trump's head of a key consumer watchdog wants to cripple the agency he's leading
The moves would change some of the regulatory and financial autonomy of the CFPB, which was origina…
Bob Bryan
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Debt Collectors Are Infiltrating Facebook To Track Down Delinquent Borrowers
In tangent with the Federal Trade Commission, the CFPB's already issued rules that would force coll…
Mandi Woodruff
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The student-loan industry could face a crackdown as yet another Elizabeth Warren ally takes a top oversight job for Biden
The Senate confirmed Rohit Chopra, who used to be a student-loan watchdog, to lead the Consumer Fin…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Bank of America has been fined $225 million for 'botching' unemployment benefit payments during the pandemic
A federal agency said the bank had engaged in "unfair and abusive acts and practices" that cut some…
Grace Dean
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Student-loan borrowers' biggest defender in the government is in jeopardy
The Supreme Court is about to take on a case challenging the funding structure of the CFPB. The sta…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Trump will likely name 'the most anti-consumer nominee he can find' to head financial watchdog
Kress thinks the effects could last well beyond the Trump presidency - even if Trump himself doesn'…
Pedro Nicolaci da Costa
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Head of consumer protection watchdog signals stance on digital assets with warning on stablecoins
The CFPB's new chief, Rohit Chopra, issued the warning during his first appearance before Congress …
Carla Mozée
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Obama administration officials called Elizabeth Warren 'sanctimonious' and a 'condescending narcissist'
In her capacity as a presidential candidate, Warren describes the Obama administration as a crucial…
Grace Panetta
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Elizabeth Warren blasts a federal court's 'lawless and reckless decision' striking down the funding mechanism for a top student-loan industry watchdog
The Fifth Circuit, a Trump-shaped appeals court, ruled against the CFPB's funding structure because…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Predatory banks rake in billions of dollars in overdraft fees from their poorest customers every year. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is trying to put a stop to it.
Over the years, banks have layered a number of financial complexities on top of their overdraft pol…
Paul Constant
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The government is now monitoring online stores in games like Roblox and Fortnite for their 'buyer beware' approach
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is monitoring video game stores, which it says do not prot…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Tackling student debt may have just gotten easier as 4 more advocates join Biden's ranks
The new hires came from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that Elizabeth Warren spearheaded …