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FILE - A customer makes a transaction at an automatic teller machine in Los Angeles on March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Capital One, Walmart: A look at some of the consumer cases dropped by the CFPB under Trump

In the nearly six months since the Trump administration has had control of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the bureau’s leadership has focused almost exclusively on rolling back any punishments, fines and penalties doled out against companies during the Biden administration. In some cases, companies that were supposed to refund their customers or pay a penalty for unfair or deceptive practices are no longer bound to make their customers whole. Other companies facing charges of fraud of deceptive practices saw their lawsuits dropped. Companies that got reprieves include Capital One, Walmart and Navy Federal Credit Union.

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