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Consumer bureau investigates bank overdraft fees
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The Consumer Financial Protection Agency will question banks about how overdraft fees may create serious economic hardship for consumers least able to afford it.
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Sunshine is the best disinfectant
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing that it examine the business of large debt collectors and to closely watch the major credit reporting bureaus. The focus would be on the larger firms. It's a good move.
Credit agencies and debt collectors to get federal scrutiny
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing to add the three major credit bureaus and debt colletion companies to the list of businesses the federal agency can now oversee.
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Richard Cordray to head consumer protection bureau
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
President Obama bypassed the Senate and appointed Cordray as the head of the CFPB. Yet, legal challenges will likely follow.
Chase clarifies checking account fees
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Three banks unveil a new three-page checking account guide. Experts hope a new era of simplified disclosure will follow.
This week: The Postal Service, the CFPB (non) confirmation
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Friday, December 9, 2011
We talk to one of our Washington reporters about what happened in the news this week.
Senate Republicans block Cordray nomination to CFPB
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Friday, December 9, 2011
U.S. Senate Republicans blocked former Ohio attorney general Richard Cordray's appointment as director of the CFPB. The new bureau is a centerpiece in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
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Barney Frank on the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
The consumer bureau was supposed to be a key part of Congressman Frank's financial reform law, the Dodd-Frank act. He talks about his frustration with Republicans who voted to block the confirmation of a director.
CFPB rewrites credit card fine print
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants customers to understand their credit cards better. So, they've unveiled a new and shorter prototype of a credit card agreement.
The battle over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
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Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Republicans are trying to block the appointment of Richard Cordray as director of the CFPB in preference of a commission; Democrats say it's a fight against consumer protection.
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