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Nov 27

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Consumer agency is banking cop for American families, says Sen. Warren

By PBS News Hour

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., says the law is clear when it comes to who should run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the wake of the resignation of its director. Warren, who helped create the bureau under the Obama administration,…

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Nov 27

What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, anyway?

By Daniel Bush

Familiar with the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Here's a recap of the financial watchdog agency's history and accomplishments since launching in 2011.

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Nov 27

Mulvaney imposes freeze on hiring, new rules at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

By Associated Press

Mick Mulvaney said Monday that his view of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hasn’t changed. He’s calling it an example of “bureaucracy gone wrong.”…

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Nov 27

WATCH: White House may address dueling directors of consumer financial bureau

By Associated Press

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is scheduled to speak in a news briefing at 3:15 p.m. ET Monday. Watch live here.

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Nov 15

CFPB Director Cordray, who sparred with GOP, plans to resign

By Ken Sweet, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Richard Cordray, the aggressive first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said Wednesday he will leave the agency by the end of the month.

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Nov 01

Trump signs GOP repeal of banking rule that allowed consumers to join together in lawsuits

By Ken Thomas, Associated Press

The repeal means bank customers will still be subject to what are known as mandatory arbitration clauses, which effectively waive the customer's right to sue.

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Oct 25

Senate GOP votes to repeal consumer rule

By Kevin Freking, Associated Press

The Senate voted narrowly to repeal a banking rule that would have allowed consumers to join together to sue their bank or credit card company.

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Jun 09

House panel moves to block Obama regulations on payday loans

By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — A powerful House panel is coming to the aid of payday lenders, moving to delay Obama administration regulations aimed at cracking down on the much-criticized industry.

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May 14

Government opens public inquiry into potentially ‘harmful’ student loan servicing practices

By Kimberly Hefling, Associated Press

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened a public inquiry Thursday into student loan servicing practices that it says can make paying back loans "stressful or harmful."…

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Apr 23

Watch 7:30
How Barney Frank used government to fight inequality

By PBS News Hour

For more than half a century, Barney Frank was one of America's loudest voices for progressive policies, both financial and social. Economics correspondent Paul Solman spends a day in Boston with the famous former lawmaker and financial reformer to discuss…

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