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Blog: Call Congress NOW: Stop the Big, Brutal Bill Attacking the CFPB

Call Congress NOW: Stop the Big, Brutal Bill Attacking the CFPB Faith leaders, union members, and consumer advocates rallied outside CFPB headquarters on June 5 with a unified message to Congress: gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s budget is a direct attack on the people that the CFPB protects every day. “The CFPB works for

Delaware Just Caved to Billionaire Bullying By Overhauling Its Corporate Law

As Musk is trying to gut the agencies that enforce federal regulations, state corporate law is poised to become even more important. Delaware should have held firm. by Natalia Renta While Elon Musk attacks federal agencies’ ability to protect us from the worst excesses of corporate power, a little known Musk initiative sailed through the Delaware legislature

Blog: Trump CFPB Abandons Data Broker Rule Aimed at Decreasing Fraud and Identity Theft

Earlier this week, the Trump CFPB withdrew the agency’s previously proposed data broker rule, which would have limited how our sensitive and private financial data is collected, used, and sold. With little to no other regulation over data brokers, the withdrawal of this rule will allow companies to collect and sell our private and sensitive financial data to third party strangers without oversight or accountability.

Blog: FIRM Act – Why It Should Worry You, And The “Debanking” Distraction

Recently, some of the most politically influential industries — fossil fuels, firearms, private prisons, crypto —  have been crying foul about so-called debanking, accusing banks of unjustly denying them financial services because of supposed political biases. This is part of a larger misinformation campaign that is hijacking civil rights language to frame powerful industries as victims of discrimination and achieve their deregulatory goals.