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March 1, 2021
Kyle Paoletta
The FinTech Industry Wants to Give Desperate Workers an Advance on Their Next Paycheck. It’s a Trap.
Employers love so-called earned-wage access apps. Their employees, not so much.
March 2, 2020
Matt Ford
The War on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Goes to Court
The Supreme Court will decide whether Elizabeth Warren’s brainchild will continue to exist, or if it’ll merely expand Donald Trump’s power over it.
March 7, 2018
Alex Shephard
Everything Wrong With the Democrats, in One Bill
The bipartisan push to roll back parts of Dodd-Frank reveals a minority party that can’t get it right on the policy or the politics.
February 20, 2018
David Dayen
The Source of the Next Recession
History suggests that the Trump administration's zeal for financial deregulation could lead to an economic crisis.
February 5, 2018
Sarah Jones
Consumer protection isn’t really Mick Mulvaney’s thing.
January 31, 2018
Matt Ford
The Legal War Over the Government’s Consumer Watchdog
A federal court ruled that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is constitutional, but the case appears headed to the Supreme Court.
December 20, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
The End of the Obama Era
How Republicans undid so many of his accomplishments in a single year
November 28, 2017
Bryce Covert
The CFPB Has Been Great for Consumers. So of Course Trump Wants to Gut It.
Despite railing against Wall Street in 2016, the president is battling to hobble the one agency devoted solely to protecting financial consumers.
October 10, 2017
David Dayen
Trump’s Wall Street Watchdog Undercuts a Key Consumer Protection
When one government agency tried to restrict an abusive lending industry, another agency did exactly the opposite.
September 12, 2017
David Dayen
Break Up the Credit-Reporting Racket
Why do three companies control Americans' most sensitive personal information? There's no good answer to that question.
October 21, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Hell is working at Wells Fargo.
October 12, 2016
David Dayen
A Court Ruled Against Elizabeth Warren’s Brainchild—and Saved It
For now.
September 21, 2016
David Dayen
The Obama Administration Must Prosecute Wells Fargo
CEO John Stumpf’s testimony before the Senate Banking Committee offered more than enough evidence of major securities fraud.
February 11, 2015
Danny Vinik
Payday Loans Are Bleeding American Workers Dry. Finally, the Obama Administration Is Cracking Down.
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