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Feds Test Simplified Credit Card Agreement

Short form in plain English could become industry standard

(Newser) - The government's consumer finance watchdog has created a credit card agreement that's five times shorter than usual and written in plain English. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is asking for the public's feedback on the prototype, which can be viewed here . The agreement is just over 1,...

BofA CEO: We Have a Right to Make a Profit

'Our customers will understand' $5 debit card fee

(Newser) - Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan defended his bank’s controversial new $5 debit card fee in a CNBC interview yesterday, saying that most customers would avoid it, and that the bank had given customers plenty of warning about it. Asked to respond to President Obama’s statement that banks...

Obama Knocks Bank of America Debit Card Fee
Obama Knocks Bank of America Debit Card Fee
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Oct 4, 2011 10:52 AM CDT

Obama Knocks Bank of America Debit Card Fee

'You don't have some inherent right to a certain amount of profit'

(Newser) - President Obama made waves in his latest interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC , in which he spoke out against Bank of America’s unpopular new $5 fee for debit card users . “This is exactly why we need this Consumer Finance Protection Bureau,” Obama said. Asked directly if he...

Elizabeth Warren Senate Run Looks Likely

She is expected to challenge Scott Brown in Massachusetts

(Newser) - Pencil it in as one of the better Senate races to watch in 2012: Elizabeth Warren vs. Scott Brown in Massachusetts. It now looks like a safe bet that Warren will enter the contest, writes Sam Stein in the Huffington Post . Warren herself ratcheted up the speculation by posting a...

Paying Cash? Credit Cards Are Still Costing You Money

Rebates drive up prices for all but reward only users of plastic: Economist

(Newser) - Credit card rebates and rewards may seem like a great thing—like getting free money. The problem is that they're driving up the prices of everything we buy, writes economics professor Larry Harris. What's worse, people who pay cash—maybe because they're too poor to qualify for...

Elizabeth Warren Won't Rule Out Running for Scott Brown's Senate Seat
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Jul 18, 2011 7:03 PM CDT

Elizabeth Warren Sly About Senate Run

Says she's going home to Massachusetts 'to think'

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren might be out of that gig at the CFPB today, but that's only got tongues wagging busily about her future job prospects: namely, a run for Scott Brown's Massachusetts Senate seat, reports the Hill. Warren herself declined to rule out a run when asked by MSNBC...

Long Banks' Worst Enemy, Warren Now Courts Them

'She's listening' as she sets up Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren is the longtime bane of the banking industry's existence, but as she prepares the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the woman who once slammed Wall Street's finest as "the people who drove the car off the cliff" is now killing them with kindness. In many cases, they’...

Obama: Warren Will Fight for Middle Class

President taps adviser to set up consumer protection agency

(Newser) - President Obama named Wall Street critic Elizabeth Warren a special adviser today and tasked her with setting up a new agency to look out for consumers. Calling Warren "one of the country's fiercest advocates for the middle class," Obama said the new bureau would end abusive practices. "...

Elizabeth Warren Will Help Set Up Consumer Agency

Obama will appoint her to Treasury post, avoid hearings

(Newser) - President Obama will appoint Wall Street critic Elizabeth Warren as a special adviser to oversee the creation of a new consumer protection bureau, a Democratic official said today. Warren would report to both the Treasury Department and the White House in a role that would not require Senate confirmation .

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