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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Madeline Sherratt

Credit card late fee cap scrapped as Trump admin sides with Wall Street banks

A leaked memo has revealed that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is under new orders from the Trump administration to “deprioritize” student loan oversight and scrap credit card caps - (U.S. Marine Corps/Getty)

The Trump administration is scrapping a credit card payment cap as well as offloading student loan oversight in an effort to reshape America's consumer watchdog, according to a recently leaked memo.

Mark Paoletta, the chief legal officer at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – an organization created in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis – sent the divisive email to his employees on Wednesday, laying the groundwork for a new Trump agenda, according to a copy of the note obtained and seen by Reuters.

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