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From debt-trap payday loans to junk fees on credit cards and bank accounts, big banks, big tech, and predatory lenders profit from consumer pain.

They rip people off to the tune of tens of billions of dollars a year, punish people for not being rich with higher fees and higher rates, and worsen the racial wealth gap. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created to stop this kind of abusive corporate behavior, and to hold financial companies accountable when they break the law.

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    Blog: Supervision Shut Down at CFPB Erases Consumer Protections

    Blog: Supervision Shut Down at CFPB Erases Consumer Protections

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to let hundreds of corporations and financial institutions off the hook for violations it was investigating. That means the millions of people who were counting on the agency for protection will be left without help, especially as it braces for layoffs of 90% of CFPB staff.

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