CFPB Drops Case Against Credova
August 24, 2025 5:08 pm Leave your thoughtsWASHINGTON — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped an investigation into a buy now, pay later company with close... View Article
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Number of borrowers with serious delinquencies on student loans expected to rise
August 24, 2025 5:05 pm Leave your thoughtsThere has been a surge of delinquent student loan accounts since President Donald Trump took office and changed many of... View Article
CFPB Terminates Investigation into BNPL Firearms Financing Provider, Citing Political Bias
August 24, 2025 11:03 am Leave your thoughtsOn August 19, 2025, the CFPB announced that it had closed a multi-year investigation into a fintech company offering buy-now,... View Article
The CFPB Was A Mistake—Even Before It Abused Its Power
August 24, 2025 11:03 am Leave your thoughtsLast week I participated in the radio show On Point to discuss the legacy of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.... View Article
Cancelling a gym (or other) membership shouldn’t be a heavy lift: what businesses can learn from the FTC’s case against LA Fitness
August 24, 2025 11:01 am Leave your thoughtsIt’s a common trope that joining a gym is easy, going to the gym is hard, and cancelling a gym... View Article
CFPB Closing Out Hundreds of Bank Exam Red Flags as Firings Loom
August 24, 2025 10:59 am Leave your thoughtsThe Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has closed out virtually all pending regulatory issues flagged by the agency’s bank examiners as... View Article
Banks Respond to CFPB’s Reopened Section 1033 Rulemaking
August 24, 2025 10:53 am Leave your thoughtsWashington, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today took a concrete step to comprehensively reexamine its prior 1033 rulemaking... View Article
The Solution to the Bank Lending Pull-Back May Be in the Mirror
August 23, 2025 11:11 am Leave your thoughtsWhile he carefully avoids any comments on the Australian banks, his visit coincided with growing concerns about the commoditisation of... View Article
Trump FTC’s Investigation Of Media Matters Will Remain On Hold As Judge Rejects Latest Motion
August 23, 2025 10:59 am Leave your thoughtsThe Federal Trade Commission will continue to be prohibited from enforcing a civil investigative demand on the progressive watchdog group... View Article
What the FDIC does when a bank fails
August 23, 2025 10:10 am Leave your thoughtsIn recent years, bank failures have become rare. Prior to Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failing earlier this month,... View Article
