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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The lawyer representing the CFPB lawsuit explains why he's fighting for this case

by David Brancaccio
Nov 27, 2017
President Donald Trump and the outgoing director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have each chosen different leaders to oversee the watchdog agency. So Leandra English, the current head's pick, has filed a lawsuit.
Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's pick for acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, walks back to the White House from the CFPB building after he showed up for his first day of work on November 27, 2017 in Washington, D.C. 
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Suit seeks to stop Trump from naming acting director of CFPB

by Marketplace Contributor
Nov 27, 2017
Leandra English, who was named interim director of the CFPB by its outgoing director, filed a lawsuit Sunday night.
President Donald Trump arrives for a meeting with House Republicans at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 16.
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Head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will step down

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Nov 15, 2017
Richard Cordray announced today that he’s leaving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by the end of the month. President Donald Trump will get to appoint Cordray’s successor, giving him yet another way to reshape U.S. financial regulation. We take a look at how the president is putting his stamp on these regulations.  Click the audio player […]
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Senate GOP votes to repeal consumer rule

by Marketplace Contributor
Oct 25, 2017
The rule that would have allowed consumers to join together to sue their bank or credit card company to resolve financial disputes.
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How GOP will target Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

by Marielle Segarra
Nov 21, 2016
The consumer agency has been a long-time foe of the party and of banks.
Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Richard Cordray waits for the beginning of a hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee earlier this year on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
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Wells Fargo to pay $185 million following false accounts scandal

by Lewis Wallace
Sep 9, 2016
Some bank employees, under quota pressure, opened accounts in customers’ names without their permission.
The fine is the largest penalty in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's history.
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New monthly reports distill consumer beefs about banks

by Annie Baxter
Jul 17, 2015
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau document summarizes trends in complaints.
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GE Capital ordered to pay quarter of a billion dollars

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Jun 20, 2014
More on the largest discrimination-based credit card settlement in US History
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New rules make it harder to get a mortgage, but protect consumers more

by Carmen Wong Ulrich
Jan 8, 2014
The rules are more strict in an effort by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to make the housing market safer for consumers.
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The wild west is over for debt collectors

by Chris Farrell
Nov 7, 2013
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will announce new rules for the debt collection industry.
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