THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL Protection Bureau (CFPB) has canceled plans to introduce new rules designed to limit the ability of US data brokers to sell sensitive information about Americans, including financial data, credit history, and Social Security numbers. The CFPB proposed ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is preparing to review its open banking rule. That rule was issued by the CFPB last fall, covering consumer-permissioned data that touches banks, FinTechs, apps and digital wallets, governing data security, liabilities and fee ...

€50 bills. Source: Ken Mürk/ERR Quick loan providers are not directly predicting a collapse in business following the suspension of expedited payment orders and say they are ready to adapt to the new process. However, they are calling for clear ...

The consumer price index shows inflation has eased to 2.3%, but experts warn that upcoming tariff effects could soon increase prices on essential goods. The year-over-year consumer inflation rate in the U.S. dropped to 2.3% in April 2025, marking the ...

Costco members shopping online can now pay over time with longer-term, transparent payment plans for cart sizes over $500 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM), the payment network that empowers consumers and helps merchants drive growth, and Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco”) ...

[co-author: Matthew Tikhonovsky] On May 7, the Trump administration announced plans to rescind a Biden-era AI chip export control rule and replace it with a new rule. “The Biden AI rule is overly complex, overly bureaucratic and would stymie American ...

WASHINGTON—Twenty-two U.S. Senators have sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr urging him to “modernize” ownership caps that are limiting broadcasters' ability to compete in a media landscape increasingly dominated by large tech companies like Google, Facebook ...

The news: Last year saw the highest annual rate of data breaches on record, according to the latest figures by the national privacy watchdog. The numbers: The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) received 1,113 data breach notifications from ...

The exterior of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters on February 10, 2025 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker via Getty Images Dive Brief: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last week relinquished its supervision of Google’s payments arm as part of ...