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What the Fed’s Rate Decision Means for Loans, Credit Cards, Mortgages and More

Reporter USMay 7, 2025

The Federal Reserve is expected to keep its key rate steady on Wednesday, after a series of cuts that lowered rates by a full percentage point last year. That means consumers looking to borrow are likely to have to wait a bit longer for better deals on many loans, but savers will benefit from steadier […]

Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Pursue New Deals That Would Enrich President Trump

Reporter USMay 5, 2025

A contest of sorts has played out across Europe, the United States and the Middle East in recent days as President Trump’s two older sons have pursued a blitz of family moneymaking ventures capitalizing on their father’s name and power, each seemingly trying to outdo the other. It is a rush to cash in that […]

New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff

Reporter USApril 27, 2025

Two weeks ago, a three-judge panel from the federal appeals court in Washington lifted a freeze on firing employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with some conditions. The judges, ruling on a Friday night, said that workers could be fired if agency leaders determined, after a careful assessment, that they were not needed to […]

Appeals Court Scales Back Freeze on Firing Consumer Bureau Employees

Reporter USApril 12, 2025

A federal appeals panel on Friday halted parts of a district court judge’s injunction blocking the Trump administration’s effort to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, allowing officials to move ahead with firing some agency employees. Russell T. Vought, the White House budget office director, was named the consumer bureau’s acting director in February and […]

House Strikes Down Overdraft Fee Limit, Sending Issue to Trump

House Strikes Down $5 Overdraft Fee Limit, Sending Issue to Trump

Reporter USApril 10, 2025

The House of Representatives on Wednesday approved resolutions striking down a $5 cap on most bank overdraft fees and overturning a rule that would have given a federal regulator greater oversight powers over payment apps run by large technology companies. The overdraft fee limit was struck down 217 to 211, with Representative Ryan Mackenzie of […]

Consumer Bureau Seeks to Undo Settlement and Repay Mortgage Lender

Reporter USMarch 27, 2025

Under President Trump, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped nearly a dozen enforcement cases brought during the Biden administration, ending lawsuits against banks and lenders for a variety of financial practices that the watchdog agency no longer considers illegal. But on Wednesday, the bureau went a step further: It is seeking to give back […]

Left for Dead, the C.F.P.B. Inches Back to Life

Reporter USMarch 15, 2025

At the headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, faint shadows above the entrance are all that remain of the letters that once spelled the agency’s name. In the Trump administration’s broad dismantling of the federal government, the consumer bureau was one of the first agencies to fall, its offices shuttered and all 1,700 workers […]

Buying a Car? Trump’s Tariffs Could Make It More Expensive.

Reporter USMarch 14, 2025

The impact of the tariffs would vary by car model, since some rely more on imported parts than others. But rather than vastly increasing the price of specific vehicles, the industry is likely to spread increases across all types — “like peanut butter” — to smooth out the price increases, said Tyson Jominy, vice president […]

Buying a Home? Without the CFPB, You Need to Be Your Own Watchdog.

Reporter USMarch 7, 2025

House prices are stubbornly high, and mortgage rates remain substantially above their prepandemic level. Now, with the spring home buying season looming, shoppers have a new worry: A major federal consumer watchdog has been hobbled. Without the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency responsible for overseeing most aspects of the home buying process, consumer advocates […]

CFPB Drops Lawsuit Against Banks Over Zelle Scams

Reporter USMarch 5, 2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday dismissed a sweeping lawsuit against three of the nation’s largest banks over what the agency had described as shoddy safeguards on their Zelle money transfer network that allowed scammers to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from customers. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Arizona in the […]

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What the Fed’s Rate Decision Means for Loans, Credit Cards, Mortgages and More

Donald Jr. and Eric Trump Pursue New Deals That Would Enrich President Trump

New Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff

Appeals Court Scales Back Freeze on Firing Consumer Bureau Employees

House Strikes Down $5 Overdraft Fee Limit, Sending Issue to Trump

Consumer Bureau Seeks to Undo Settlement and Repay Mortgage Lender

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Buying a Car? Trump’s Tariffs Could Make It More Expensive.

Buying a Home? Without the CFPB, You Need to Be Your Own Watchdog.

CFPB Drops Lawsuit Against Banks Over Zelle Scams

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