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“Unqualified” Trump appointee set to take over consumer protection agency

December 4, 2018 Editor

From today’s Los Angeles Times: If all goes according to Republican plan, this is the week a person with no experience in consumer protection will take over the consumer watchdog…

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Student Loan Watchdog Quits, Says Trump ‘Turned Its Back’ On Borrowers

August 27, 2018 Editor

From today’s NPR News: The federal official in charge of protecting student borrowers from predatory lending practices has stepped down. In a scathing resignation letter, Seth Frotman, who until now…

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Senators urge CFPB not to ‘abandon’ duty to protect troops, families

August 20, 2018 Editor

From today’s Military Times: In the wake of reports that a key federal consumer protection agency is considering pulling back from efforts to protect service members from predatory lenders, 49…

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56 years later, JFK’s call for a consumer bill of rights is forgotten under Trump

March 17, 2018 Editor

From the Los Angeles Times: On this day in 1962, President Kennedy laid out in a speech to Congress the framework for a consumer bill of rights and the crucial…

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CFPB to reconsider rule on payday loans

January 17, 2018 Editor

From CNN Money Edition: The watchdog agency said in a statement Tuesday that it intends to “reconsider” a regulation, issued in October, that would have required payday lenders to vet…

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Bad news for American consumer rights, as CFPB director announces departure

November 18, 2017 Editor

Richard Cordray, the head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is stepping down at the end of the month. The bureau was created in the wake of the financial crisis and…

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Federal consumer protection agency announces reform agenda for 2014

January 11, 2014 Editor

From the New York Times by Tara Siegel Bernard: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has already overcome considerable political resistance, has managed to pack some punches in the last…

“Unqualified” Trump appointee set to take over consumer protection agency

Student Loan Watchdog Quits, Says Trump ‘Turned Its Back’ On Borrowers

Senators urge CFPB not to ‘abandon’ duty to protect troops, families

56 years later, JFK’s call for a consumer bill of rights is forgotten under Trump

CFPB to reconsider rule on payday loans

Bad news for American consumer rights, as CFPB director announces departure

Federal consumer protection agency announces reform agenda for 2014

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