Here’s what experts say about the possible closure of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, is a government agency that oversees the consumer finance industry, including banks, lenders and other financial institutions.
The move, which comes less than two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office, represents a challenge to the new administration.
The New York Attorney General announced a settlement with Equifax over inaccuracies in credit scores for New Yorkers. This issue affected about 77,000 residents due to a coding mistake, according to Equifax.
US Banks & Branch Offices used resources from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other groups to learn about credit card fees and their impact on users.
A flurry of recent actions by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has left Republicans seething about “midnight rulemakings” and businesses fuming about politically driven lawsuits.
A federal consumer bureau claims Vanderbilt Mortgage, owned by Berkshire Hathaway, made loans to buyers of manufactured homes it knew could not repay them.
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Federal regulators said in a lawsuit on Tuesday that the giant bank deliberately underpaid savings account interest, even as rates rose.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleged Tuesday the bank obscured an account from customers that paid a rate 14 times higher than one of its other products.
One of the nation’s largest credit reporting agencies has been fined $15 million for issuing inaccurate credit scores and failing to properly investigate consumer disputes, officials said.Equifax will pay the fine into the