Wells Fargo’s corporate culture may have rotted from the top down under prior management. But where and when did it end?
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Tag Archives: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
A Regulatory Crackdown That Worked
Amid a host of overreactions to the financial crisis, the CARD Act put an end to some genuinely abusive behavior by banks.
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Forced Insurance (For Homes, Not Health)
Didn’t like being made to buy health insurance? You’ll hate the homeowner’s coverage your bank might buy on your behalf.
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What Playing Gotcha Can Getcha
Banks, credit card companies and other financial services firms made an art of snaring customers in loopholes and walloping them …
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Insurers Cling To Beneficiaries’ Money
Imagine that a man walks up to you with a proposal. He’d like you to lend him a large sum …
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Filling In For Nobody
Richard Cordray said he had the power to appoint his own interim successor atop the CFPB. He is probably wrong.
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