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Buy Now, Pay Later firms push back against consumer protection rules
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may rescind proposed rules treating Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) services like ...
Consumers May Have Fewer Protections When Using Buy-Now-Pay-Later Plans
Trump's CFPB will effectively stop enforcing a Biden-era rule that gave consumers the right to dispute charges on buy-now-pay ...
Trump to Withdraw Nominee to Lead Consumer Bureau
Jonathan McKernan is expected to be tapped for a Treasury Department post instead after waiting for months for the full ...
Products such as Credit Karma and NerdWallet benefit consumers, do not harm them: report
A new report from the Southwest Public Policy Institute details how comparison-shopping tools such as Credit Karma give ...
DOGE Employee Who Screamed for CFPB Job Cuts Leaves Agency (1)
An employee of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency who was leading efforts to gut the Consumer Financial ...
Energy Star, efficiency program that has steered consumer choice, targeted in cuts
The EPA launched Energy Star in 1992 with the goal of tackling environmental protection and economic growth. It boosts the ...
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Trump targets consumer watchdog, threatening key financial protections
🛑 Trump administration moves to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), freezing ... when the administration ordered the agency to suspend many of its oversight activities.