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Break Up Wells Fargo, Warren Urges

Break Up Wells Fargo, Warren Urges

Saying that “cheating consumers is simply in Wells Fargo’s DNA.,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is urging that the bank be broken up, along with other repeat offenders of consumer protection laws. During a recent Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing, Warren listed the many times she

Genetic Data Should be Private, Consumer Group Argues

Genetic Data Should be Private, Consumer Group Argues

Do you know who has your genetic data and what they’re doing with it? Insurance companies, employers and others have a strong desire to know who is likely to fall ill or display certain behavioral traits and there’s currently not much to prevent them from doing so. “Unlike

Genetic Data Should be Private, Consumer Group Argues

Genetic Data Should be Private, Consumer Group Argues

Do you know who has your genetic data and what they’re doing with it? Insurance companies, employers and others have a strong desire to know who is likely to fall ill or display certain behavioral traits and there’s currently not much to prevent them from doing so. “Unlike

Genetic Data Should be Private, Consumer Group Argues

Genetic Data Should be Private, Consumer Group Argues

Do you know who has your genetic data and what they’re doing with it? Insurance companies, employers and others have a strong desire to know who is likely to fall ill or display certain behavioral traits and there’s currently not much to prevent them from doing so. “Unlike

Genetic Data Should be Private, Consumer Group Argues

Genetic Data Should be Private, Consumer Group Argues

Do you know who has your genetic data and what they’re doing with it? Insurance companies, employers and others have a strong desire to know who is likely to fall ill or display certain behavioral traits and there’s currently not much to prevent them from doing so. “Unlike

Tesla Insurance Claims Experience Will be a 'Dream,' Musk Pledges

Tesla Insurance Claims Experience Will be a 'Dream,' Musk Pledges

Billionaire multitasker Elon Musk has been in the news for his takeover of Twitter, a little utility that is perhaps nice to have but not exactly necessary. Car insurance, on the other hand, is necessary and Musk is also setting out to reform – or perhaps, disrupt – it. As with all

'Nonbanks' Face New Federal Scrutiny

'Nonbanks' Face New Federal Scrutiny

Lenders making payday loans, private student loans and mortgages generally operate with less oversight than banks, a factor in some of the more disastrous economic meltdowns that have plagued consumers in recent decades. That’s about to end. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today that it is invoking