The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, agreed to temporarily halt enforcement and litigation over its medical debt rule, handing the banking industry an immediate reprieve.

The time is ripe for Congress and the president to shrink the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s board of directors back down to its original three members, removing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's seat.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Rohit Chopra in a letter to President Donald Trump confirmed that his "term as CFPB Director has concluded."

Russell Vought, should he be confirmed by the full Senate, would join a short list of those able to lead the CFPB, as his predecessor Mick Mulvaney did, per the requirements of the Vacancies Act.

Capital One's five-day interruption, President Trump's planned dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and more this month.

The Michigan-based institution lowered overdraft and nonsufficient fund fees to 99 cents amid a torrent of regulatory rulemaking and action related to overdraft.

A document circulated by the House Ways and Means Committee makes a number of suggestions for cutting federal spending, including revoking the federal tax exemption for credit unions and eliminating the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s orderly liquidation authority.

The Dallas-based company expects average loan growth to be flat to up 1% from 2024, driven by the ongoing payoffs of commercial real estate loans, executives said.

Organizations that represent Amazon, Apple, Meta, PayPal, OpenAI and many other large technology companies accuse the consumer watchdog, which has given itself authority over companies that facilitate at least 50 million consumer payment transactions per year, of regulatory overreach.

The incoming administration will have a number of tools at its disposal to immediately pare back stifling federal regulation of financial services and boost the housing market. It should use them.

Cash App's parent company Block failed to investigate fraud and unauthorized transactions, and refused to refund customers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.

Lawsuits challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final rule on medical debt are the latest issues facing banks ahead of Donald Trump's return.

Through a partnership with Axway, the bank aims to provide API-based data sharing and develop new products that leverage open banking.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it would undertake a rule to regulate large participants in the personal loan market and consider a joint rulemaking with the Federal Reserve on check and ATM hold times.

Experian said it has gone "above and beyond the law" to investigate consumer disputes related to the accuracy of information.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule that will remove medical  bills from credit reports to end what the bureau called "coercive debt collection practices."

The manufactured home loan lender, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary Clayton Homes, was accused of ignoring red flags that sent many borrowers into bankruptcy, default and ultimately out of their homes.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's last-minute actions are expected to annoy the incoming Trump administration, which will seek to undo them, putting protections in jeopardy.

Banks such as TD, Wells Fargo and Bank of America drew attention this year for money-laundering issues. That's one of several top regulatory news items in 2024.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Walmart and payment app Branch Messenger, accusing them of illegally opening 1 million deposit accounts and charging $10 million in fees. Branch said the agency refused to engage in any meaningful way about the matter.