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How the Uncertain Future of the CFPB Could Impact Your Money

2025/2/19
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Mariana Aspuru: 美国消费者金融保护局(CFPB)的未来充满了不确定性。由于CFPB负责监管银行和金融支付应用,如果该机构被缩减规模或消失,消费者将面临有限的选择,因为没有其他机构能像CFPB那样直接面向消费者,处理消费者与银行和金融支付应用之间的负面经历。 目前,一些关于销售客户数据和限制信用卡逾期费的提案也因此充满不确定性。CFPB是消费者举报银行和金融支付应用负面经历的联邦监管机构,它的存在对于消费者权益保护至关重要。 Angel Au-Yeung: CFPB是一个联邦监管机构,负责监管银行、支付公司以及所有与消费者日常金钱交易相关的金融机构,例如信用卡账户、借记卡账户、Venmo和Cash App等支付应用以及高收益储蓄账户。 自成立以来,CFPB一直是政治目标,其监管力度加大也招致了共和党的批评,认为其越权。特朗普政府任命的新负责人叫停了CFPB的所有监管活动和诉讼,使得该机构的未来更加不明朗。 CFPB的运作方式是进行市场调研,制定保护消费者利益的规则,最终规则的实施通常需要几个月的时间。目前,一些关键规则面临风险,包括信用卡逾期费上限(8美元)、支票账户透支费上限(5美元)以及禁止将医疗债务列入信用报告的规则。这些规则的命运尚不明朗,银行行业团体已经提起诉讼试图阻止这些规则的实施。 CFPB还赋予自己监管支付应用(如Venmo和Apple Pay)的权力,虽然该规则已实施,但其未来仍存在不确定性。CFPB的消费者投诉数据库也是一个重要的资源,但其未来是否会受到影响尚不明朗。如果CFPB被缩减规模或消失,消费者将失去一个重要的维权渠道,虽然还有其他消费者维权组织,但没有哪个机构能像CFPB那样直接面向消费者。

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a federal regulator that oversees banks and financial institutions. Its future is uncertain due to the Trump administration's belief that it has overreached its authority and recent actions halting its operations.
  • CFPB is a federal regulator that supervises banks and financial institutions.
  • The Trump administration believes the CFPB has overreached its authority.
  • The CFPB's future is uncertain due to recent actions halting its operations.

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Work at the government’s watchdog for financial products, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, came to a halt earlier this month) after the agency’s new acting director closed its Washington headquarters and ordered staff to stop all supervisory and enforcement work. Wall Street Journal reporter Angel Au-Yeung joins host Ariana Aspuru to discuss which consumer protections are now in limbo and what it means for your money. 

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