Climate Group Sues EPA Over Frozen Billions in Bank Accounts
Climate United was awarded money under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund last year but said its bank account has been frozen ...
EPA froze ‘green bank’ funds worth billions, climate group suit says
A nonprofit that was awarded nearly $7 billion by the Biden administration to finance clean energy and climate-friendly ...
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Crippling the CFPB Could Hurt Consumers and Loosen Regulations for Financial Giants
Alternative options if you're the victim of unfair and abusive practices as the consumer watchdog 'winds down.' ...
CFPB employees say mass firing plans remain in place
Two employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) testified Tuesday that top officials’ plans to fire hundreds of workers remain intact, as a federal judge weighs whether to ...
Consumer Groups to Defend Bank Overdraft Cap as CFPB Retreats
A pair of consumer groups won their bid to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s $5 cap on bank and credit union ...
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Did Republicans propose increasing bank fees, as Buttigieg said? There’s more to the story
Statement: “I am not making this up: Republicans have introduced legislation… to increase your bank fees ... current overdraft fees. Banking groups and the resolution’s supporters ...
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Lawsuits involving DOGE and the Trump administration that corporate America may want to watch
On February 1, Trump fired Rohit Chopra, the CFPB director under former President ... higher education groups and a restaurant workers' organization challenged Trump's executive orders targeting ...
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CFPB Nominee Says Agency Losing Legitimacy, Promises to Enforce Consumer Laws
President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau promised a Senate panel Thursday that he would enforce consumer protection law without overstepping the CFPB's ...
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CFPB drops legal action against Capital One over savings account interest payments
The CFPB initially filed the lawsuit against Capital One in 2024. The agency accused the bank of cheating millions of consumers out of more than $2 billion in interest. According to the CFPB ...
Washington Times18d
Good riddance to the CFPB
The CFPB was the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren and the top demand of the liberal advocacy groups. It was funded ... The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis calculated that small banks have ...
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Trump, DOGE work to shutter CFPB, an agency created in response to the 2008 financial crisis
Elizabeth Warren (during CFPB protest): After the 2008 financial crash and the big bank bailout ... President Trump (in Oval Office): It was a bad group of people running it… that was a vicious ...
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R.I.P. CFPB? What’s At Stake If the Watchdog Agency Goes Dark
The CFPB later penalized Bank of America in 2023 and Fifth Third Bank in 2024 for also opening fake bank accounts or credit cards and charging customers fees. Rooting out harmful private student ...