The CFPB took aim at Big Tech. Then Elon Musk moved to dismantle it.
In the days before Musk’s DOGE set its sights on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, X revealed plans for a payments system the agency might have overseen.
Senate Votes to Strip CFPB of Ability to Regulate Platforms Like X
A key federal watchdog is being stripped of its power to oversee potential fraud and abuse in online payment platforms just ...
Sen. Blumenthal asks Visa for records of its payments deal with Elon Musk’s X
The Senate request is one of the first signs of scrutiny on Visa after a late January announcement that it had agreed to ...
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Trump’s CFPB Director “To Unleash Scammers, Fraudsters and Cheats on the American People” Says U.S. Senator
MAGA and DOGE supporters often point out that the world's richest man, Elon Musk, is working as a "special government employee" with President Trump "for free" -- since he does not receive a salary.
Musk business entanglements loom over CFPB siege
Elon Musk’s plans to add payment services to X, his social media platform, are looming large over the Trump administration’s push to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), The ...