U.S. Senator Warren says reforms by the Trump administration to the CFPB have caused consumer losses of $26.5 billion

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ME News message, July 16 (UTC+8). U.S. Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a report saying that reforms by the Trump administration to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) may have led American consumers to bear up to $26.5 billion in additional costs. Warren said that about $22.5 billion came from the CFPB scrapping policies that capped credit card late fees and limits on bank overdraft fees, while the remaining roughly $4 billion came from the bureau dropping some enforcement cases and consumer compensation agreements. The report notes that the CFPB’s earlier rules limiting credit card late-fee charges were intended to cap most late fees at $8, which was expected to save consumers about $10 billion per year. Meanwhile, the earlier new rules targeting overdraft fees were expected to push banks to cap some overdraft charges at within $5. It is understood that Trump made major changes to the CFPB, including cutting staff, pausing or scaling back multiple enforcement actions, and revoking some consumer protection rules introduced during the Biden era. Warren criticized that these reforms weaken the CFPB’s role as a consumer financial regulator, exposing consumers to more unfair fees and financial risks, and that the CFPB and the White House have not yet immediately responded to the allegations in Warren’s report. (Source: ODAILY)
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