{"id":1236930,"date":"2025-03-04T15:46:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1236930"},"modified":"2025-03-04T15:46:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T20:46:39","slug":"cfpb-drops-zelle-lawsuit-in-latest-reversal-under-trump-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1236930","title":{"rendered":"CFPB drops Zelle lawsuit in latest reversal under Trump administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/03\/04\/cfpb-drops-jpmorgan-bank-of-america-wells-fargo-lawsuit.html\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/03\/04\/cfpb-drops-jpmorgan-bank-of-america-wells-fargo-lawsuit.html\"><ins>dropped<\/ins><\/a> its lawsuit over peer-to-peer payment system Zelle, the latest in a <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/02\/27\/cfpb-drops-capital-one-rocket-mortgage-affiliate-lawsuits.html\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/02\/27\/cfpb-drops-capital-one-rocket-mortgage-affiliate-lawsuits.html\"><ins>series<\/ins><\/a> of dismissals from this department under President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration. The agency had only just announced the suit \u2014 filed against Zelle&#8217;s operating entity Early Warning Services and partner banks JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo \u2013 <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/cybersecurity\/the-us-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-sues-zelle-and-four-of-its-partner-banks-175714692.html\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/cybersecurity\/the-us-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-sues-zelle-and-four-of-its-partner-banks-175714692.html\"><ins>in December<\/ins><\/a>. According to the initial action, the CFPB said that customers of the three banks had lost more than $870 million during the seven years Zelle has been active.<\/p>\n<p>The CFPB made several moves to <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/big-tech\/the-us-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-will-now-regulate-apple-pay-venmo-and-others-132129928.html\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/big-tech\/the-us-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-will-now-regulate-apple-pay-venmo-and-others-132129928.html\"><ins>increase oversight<\/ins><\/a> on the financial products offered by tech companies under its previous director, Rohit Chopra. However, the agency is now overseen by Acting Director Russell Vought, who ordered the CFPB to <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:5;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trumps-acting-cfpb-chief-halts-all-supervision-companies-2025-02-09\/\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trumps-acting-cfpb-chief-halts-all-supervision-companies-2025-02-09\/\"><ins>cease<\/ins><\/a> all &#8220;supervision and examination activity&#8221; last month. While employees of the bureau have <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:6;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nteu.org\/media-center\/news-releases\/2025\/02\/10\/cfpbsepofpowers\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.nteu.org\/media-center\/news-releases\/2025\/02\/10\/cfpbsepofpowers\"><ins>sued<\/ins><\/a> to try to keep the CFPB alive, there have been <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:7;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/consumer-bureau-still-blocked-monitoring-financial-firms-email-says-2025-03-03\/\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/consumer-bureau-still-blocked-monitoring-financial-firms-email-says-2025-03-03\/\"><ins>conflicting messages<\/ins><\/a> from government leadership about the agency&#8217;s status.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since taking office, Trump and ally Elon Musk have taken sweeping actions to control and close federal government departments. Agencies that have historically <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:8;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/transportation\/evs\/federal-government-reportedly-plans-to-shut-down-its-ev-charging-infrastructure-191314767.html\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/transportation\/evs\/federal-government-reportedly-plans-to-shut-down-its-ev-charging-infrastructure-191314767.html\"><ins>regulated<\/ins><\/a> Musk&#8217;s business activities have been among those with reduced powers, as have federal operations for <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:9;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/general\/protecting-the-us-from-hackers-apparently-isnt-in-trumps-budget-195915036.html\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/general\/protecting-the-us-from-hackers-apparently-isnt-in-trumps-budget-195915036.html\"><ins>cybersecurity<\/ins><\/a>, <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:10;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/cybersecurity\/doge-workers-quit-rather-than-help-musk-dismantle-critical-public-services-194237479.html\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/cybersecurity\/doge-workers-quit-rather-than-help-musk-dismantle-critical-public-services-194237479.html\"><ins>digital services<\/ins><\/a> and <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:11;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/cybersecurity\/government-workers-sue-over-potentially-illegal-doge-server-201042201.html\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/cybersecurity\/government-workers-sue-over-potentially-illegal-doge-server-201042201.html\"><ins>personnel management<\/ins><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/cybersecurity\/cfpb-drops-zelle-lawsuit-in-latest-reversal-under-trump-administration-204639032.html?src=rss<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dropped its lawsuit over peer-to-peer payment system Zelle, the latest in a series of dismissals from this department under President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration. The agency had only just announced the suit \u2014 filed against &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1236930\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,44,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1236930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-technology","category-unfiltered-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1236930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1236930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1236930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1236930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1236930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}