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Court Scraps $8 Limit on Credit Card Late Fees

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau switched sides and backed a federal lawsuit by banks and business groups seeking to eliminate a fee cap the bureau set last year.

By Stacy Cowley

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Appeals Court Scales Back Freeze on Firing Consumer Bureau Employees

The order reversed some parts of an injunction a federal judge said was needed to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being illegally dismantled.

By Stacy Cowley

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House Strikes Down $5 Overdraft Fee Limit, Sending Issue to Trump

Lawmakers also struck down a rule giving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau supervisory power over tech companies’ payments apps.

By Stacy Cowley

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Consumer Bureau Seeks to Undo Settlement and Repay Mortgage Lender

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to return a $105,000 penalty it collected last fall when it resolved a discrimination lawsuit.

By Stacy Cowley