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U.S. Bank opened fake accounts under customer’s names to meet sales goals, report finds

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Feds: US Bank workers opened fake accounts for sales goals

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

A &quot;for sale&quot; sign stands in front of a house in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, on June 8, 2018. A Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by billionaire businessman Warren Buffett discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware, the Department of Justice said Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in what they are calling the second-largest redlining settlement in history. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

DOJ: Buffett company discriminated against Black homebuyers

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

Committee Chairman Sherrod Brown, Ohio Democrat, speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Tom Williams, Pool via AP) **FILE**

Dems demand probe to ensure individuals paying $0 on student loans qualify for debt forgiveness

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this March 5, 2012, photo, consumer credit cards are posed in North Andover, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) **FILE**

CFPB sues TransUnion for violating previous agreement

By Ken Sweet - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2018, file photo, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy Kraninger pauses as she speaks to media at the CFPB offices in Washington. In April 2021, the bureau broadened the scope for what it considers to be abusive behavior by providers of financial services or products to consumers. Under Kraninger, the bureau adopted a narrower definition that, among other things, made monetary penalties less likely. The change will likely result in more enforcement actions and larger fines against the financial services industry, experts said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Consumer watchdog agency rediscovers its teeth under Biden

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2021 file photo, tenants' rights advocates demonstrate outside the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse in Boston. An estimated 8.8 million Americans are behind on their rent, according the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. While relief efforts have staved off some of the housing crisis, rent is still going to come due. The federal government has approved two rounds of rental assistance, worth more than $46 billion total; the $21 billion in the second round will begin going out in May. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

How struggling households can get federal rental assistance

By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL - Associated Press

US consumer watchdog eyes rules to prevent foreclosures

By ALEX VEIGA - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 8, 2019 file photo, then Federal Trade Commission commissioner Rohit Chopra testifies during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Chopra, President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the federal consumer watchdog agency is likely to be face hostile questioning from Republican Senators on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, but is likely to be confirmed with Democrats controlling a majority in the Senate. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Republican attorneys general to push back against Rohit Chopra’s weaponization of CFPB

By Chris Carr

Your credit report may be wrong; here’s what to do about it

By BEV O'SHEA of NerdWallet - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 8, 2019 file photo, then Federal Trade Commission commissioner Rohit Chopra testifies during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Chopra, President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the federal consumer watchdog agency is likely to be face hostile questioning from Republican Senators on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, but is likely to be confirmed with Democrats controlling a majority in the Senate. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden choice for watchdog makes debut in nomination hearing

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

GameStop saga makes Wall Street an issue for Biden team

By MARCY GORDON and KEN SWEET - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 8, 2019 file photo, then Federal Trade Commission commissioner Rohit Chopra testifies during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden is set to nominate Rohit Chopra as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, tapping a progressive ally of Sen. Elizabeth Warren to helm the agency whose creation she championed. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden picks Chopra, Gensler for financial oversight roles

By MARCY GORDON and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

Nationstar Mortgage to refund $73M to borrowers under order

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

Judge: Kansas City payday lender should repay $132.5M

Associated Press

Illustration on CFPB same day loan policies by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

CFPB retools payday loan rules to help desperate Americans access an important source of credit

By Matthew Adams

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Elizabeth Warren, announces that Warren will head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Supreme Court rules Obama/Warren Wall Street cop is illegal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The sun rises behind the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 29, 2020. The Supreme Court has refused to block the execution of four federal prison inmates who are scheduled to be put to death in July and August. The executions would mark the first use of the death penalty on the federal level since 2003. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Court says president can fire Consumer board head ‘at will’

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

Gov’t says Fifth Third opened fake accounts like Wells Fargo

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 20, 2019 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen under stormy skies in Washington. The Supreme Court is taking up the first major abortion case of the Trump era, an election-year look at a Louisiana dispute that could reveal how willing the more conservative court is to roll back abortion rights. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Another blow to Elizabeth Warren? Supreme Court eyes the legality of her CFPB

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times