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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector. Its jurisdiction includes banks, credit unions, securities firms, payday lenders, mortgage-servicing operations, foreclosure relief services, debt collectors and other financial companies operating in the United States. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE- In this Aug. 27, 2018, file photo a sign stands at the construction site for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's headquarters in Washington. The Supreme Court is stepping into a years-long, politically charged fight over the federal consumer finance watchdog agency that was created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The justices agreed Oct. 18, 2019, to review an appeals court decision that upheld the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

The unaccountable bureaucracy

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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 to decide whether Obama-era Wall Street cop is legal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Aug. 27, 2018, file photo a sign stands at the construction site for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's headquarters in Washington. The Supreme Court is stepping into a years-long, politically charged fight over the federal consumer finance watchdog agency that was created in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The justices agreed Oct. 18, 2019, to review an appeals court decision that upheld the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Supreme Court steps into case over consumer agency

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Federal watchdog sues Maryland debt collection company

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

Illinois gets share of $700M Equifax data breach settlement

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On the Money: How new rules for debt collectors affect you

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CFPB official whose racist writings stirred ire resigns

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

Debt collectors to use email, texts under new Trump rules

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters, D-Calif., leads a hearing to review the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's mission to focus priority on consumers with the CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Consumer watchdog agency and its leadership under scrutiny

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press

House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters, D-Calif., leads a hearing to review the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's mission to focus priority on consumers with the CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

The Latest: Waters vows to undo work of Mulvaney at CFPB

By Associated Press

FILE- In this Aug. 9, 2018, photo a manager of a financial services store in Ballwin, Mo., counts cash being paid to a client as part of a loan. The nation's federal financial watchdog has announced its plans to roll back most of its consumer protections governing the payday lending industry. It's the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's first rollback of regulations under its new Director, Kathy Kraninger, who took over the bureau late last year. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings, File)

Financial watchdog to gut most of its payday lending rules

By KEN SWEET - Associated Press

Navient pushes back against CFPB deception claims

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Jewelry stores make $11M settlement over credit practices

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A sign stands at the construction site for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new headquarters in Washington on Aug. 27, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging CFPB

By Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times