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What’s at stake: States’ rights to set consumer protections.Expert quote: Preempting state laws before having a federal standard in place is “dangerous and irresponsible,” warns Scott…

DenisTangneyJr/Getty Images Louisiana and Connecticut have become the latest states – 11 and 12 – to advance regulations governing earned wage access as the finance tool…

President Trump’s efforts to unilaterally and radically reduce the workforce at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is teeing up a rarely-considered constitutional question: if Congress makes…

Russell Vought is the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has withdrawn guidance from the Biden administration that…

Losing a loved one, especially a parent, brings a lot of emotional and practical challenges. One common concern that often arises is whether children will be…

A group of states are pursuing similar efforts to cap credit card interchange fees, endangering rewards programs that customers value, and raising concerns about an illegal…

Anti-SLAPP laws suppress the censorship of free expression through lawfare.getty Anti-SLAPP laws are statutes that provide a substantive right of a person to an early dismissal…

This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned that the exemptions to data privacy laws that banks, credit unions and lenders enjoy undermine consumer rights and…