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Medical debt affects millions, and advocates push IRS, consumer agency for relief

More than 50 consumer and patient groups want the Biden Administration to aggressively protect Americans from medical bills and debt collectors. The effort follows a KHN/NPR investigation.

WEKU

Protect consumers by safeguarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

It’s important the U.S. Supreme Court puts aside its politics and gets a ruling right on a case challenging the CFPB.

Chicago Sun-Times

Congress Should Not Give Any Government Agency Financial Free Rein

Lawmakers should proactively retake the power of the purse from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, regardless of how the Supreme Court rules.

Reason

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Subprime car loan delinquencies are surging

Despite the strong job market, the rising cost of everything is pressuring lower-income families

Axios

Supreme Court to hear case that threatens existence of consumer protection agency

At issue is how the CFPB is funded: It gets its money from the Federal Reserve, which in turn is funded by bank fees, and not through congressional appropriations.

WEKU

Supreme Court to decide fate of Obama-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide on the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created in the wake of the 2008 Wall Street collapse and funded directly by the Federal Reserve.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court will consider constitutionality of CFPB

This case may be the most serious challenge yet to the decade-plus-old agency.

Axios

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Supreme Court to decide case over consumer agency funding - Roll Call

The Supreme Court will decide a case that challenges the way Congress chose to fund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Roll Call

Republican regulator rips Lina Khan in ‘noisy exit,’ accuses ‘hipster antitrust’ boss of breaking the law by having opinions on Mark Zuckerberg

Khan once wrote that Zuckerberg should never be allowed to make another acquisition. Now we know the strength of internal dissent over that.

Fortune

18% drop since 2020 in people reporting medical debt

The number of people with medical debt on their credit reports fell by 8.2 million — or 17.9% —between 2020 and 2022

The Independent UK

Biden calls for passage of a bill to stop 'junk fees' in travel and entertainment

In his State of the Union speech, President Biden addressed the Junk Fees Prevention Act, which aims to limit the hidden fees and charges that exist in the entertainment and travel industries.

WEKU

Miss a credit card payment? Federal regulators want to put new limits on late fees

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to cap late fees at $8. Banking groups say the proposal would result in higher costs for consumers.

WEKU

CFPB proposes lowering credit card late fees - Roll Call

The Biden administration says new regulations on credit card late fees could save consumers $9 billion a year.

Roll Call

White House directs FTC, CFPB to probe housing rental market practices

Landlords will face greater federal scrutiny from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Trade Commission and other agencies amid rapidly rising rents under a plan that President Joe Biden released Wednesday.

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White House directs FTC, CFPB to probe housing rental market practices - Roll Call

The White House has directed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission to examine the housing rental market.

Kiplinger

What Is a Good Credit Score?

Having a good credit score can save you hundreds, even thousands of dollars on credit cards, mortgages and other loans.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Wells Fargo got slammed with a $3.7-billion penalty. So why doesn't it sound sorry?

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau left very little unsaid when it announced, a few days before Christmas, $3.7 billion in assessments against Wells Fargo Bank for more than a decade of legal violations harming its millions of customers.

Tribune News Service

Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion in penalties, restitution over ‘widespread mismanagement’

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Wells Fargo is facing $3.7 billion in fines and restitution after reaching a settlement with federal regulators Tuesday to resolve multiple issues related to auto lending, mortgages and consumer deposit accounts.

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Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion settling charges it wrongfully seized homes and cars

The case marks the largest penalty ever imposed by the federal watchdog agency the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Customers who were harmed will receive $2 billion in restitution.

Roll Call

Senate confirms Gruenberg as FDIC chair, two others to join board

In two votes Monday, the Senate confirmed three members of the FDIC board and one of them, Martin Gruenberg, to become chairman.

Fortune

How your credit card companies decide your spending limit

Factors that credit card issuers consider include your income, credit utilization, and payment history.

The Independent UK

The problems with using buy now, pay later to fund travel

“Buy now, pay later” services like Affirm, Afterpay and Klarna can sometimes provide a cheaper, more accessible version of credit

Reason

The Federal Government Can't Seem to Decide How the CFPB Is Funded

The Solicitor General's brief defending how the CFPB is funded contradicts what the agency and others have said in the past.

The Independent UK

Millennial Money: How credit can beat buy now, pay later

With rising costs of goods and services, turning to “buy now, pay later” plans when you check out can be tempting

Ballotpedia

Checks and Balances November 2022

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

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