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Capital One says consumers are doing OK. Here’s where they may be trying to beat tariffs.
Credit-card giant Capital One Financial Services Inc. says consumers are hanging in there as the U.S. braces for the fallout ...
DOGE is slashing 90% of a federal agency designed to prevent another financial crisis
Elon Musk has long said he wanted to "delete" the CFPB. That move is now underway.
Trump administration cutting nearly 90% of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Roughly 1,500 employees — or almost 90% of the agency's staff — will be cut from the CFPB, leaving around 200 people, ...
Judge orders halt to mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered an immediate halt to the planned firings of nearly 1,500 employees at the ...
Former top consumer financial watchdog fired by Trump still speaking out
The upheaval at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has many advocates concerned about financial abuse and fraud.
Court Scraps $8 Credit Card Late Fee Limit, at Consumer Bureau’s Request
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau switched sides and backed a federal lawsuit by banks and business groups seeking to ...
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Texas judge throws out rule that would have capped credit card late fees
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman in Fort Worth came a day after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a collection ... various enforcement actions against companies like Capital ...
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Judge pauses mass layoffs at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Hundreds of employees at the Consumer Financial Protection ... jobs in mid-June. One CFPB employee who received a notice estimated to Politico that up to 1,500 of the bureau's 1,700 employees ...