Consumer protection agency deletes thousands of pages as Trump administration seeks to dismantle it

Deletion of the bureau’s website content is just the most recent part of a larger plan to ‘undermine an agency that’s helped people’ ...
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California, other states sue to protect federal consumer agency

California joined 20 other states and the District of Columbia on Monday in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being defunded and closed by the Trump ...
Los Angeles Times

California, other states file suit to prevent shutdown of federal consumer agency

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California, 20 other states and Washington, D.C., sued the Trump administration to stop the defunding of the ...
FedScoop

Consumer complaints to FTC on AI tools: Deceptive practices, poor service, sexual content

A view of the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images) A Federal Trade Commission database meant to guide law enforcement ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Coronavirus scam consumer complaints soar, costing consumers $5M, FTC says

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Complaints of COVID-19 schemes are skyrocketing. The Federal Trade Commission released numbers showing that so far, almost $5 million has been lost to coronavirus scams. The ABC 7 ...
CNBC

Student loan complaints hit record high, CFPB finds — but the watchdog agency omits details

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's latest student loan report cites a record number of complaints from borrowers but leaves out certain information that appeared in a draft of the report seen ...
Los Angeles Times

Attorneys Have Their Hands Full with Consumer Complaint Boom

Class-action settlements alone hit nearly $40 billion in 2024, marking the third consecutive, record-setting year in the category. Private TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act) claims have also ...
The Nation Newspaper

High Court: FCCPC can investigate consumers’ complaints about banks, other financial institutions

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ruled that the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have powers to investigate consumers’ complaints involving banks and other financial ...