Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
We are the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a U.S. government agency that makes sure banks, lenders, and other financial companies treat you fairly. Privacy Act Statement 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(e)(3) The information you provide may be used by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to send you information about the Bureau, its work, and other information related to potential job openings. Personally identifiable information that is included in the resume that you submit when expressing interest in potential job openings may be shared with individuals who may be involved in the hiring process. Information collected on behalf of the CFPB is treated in accordance with the System of Records Notice (“SORN”), CFPB.013 -CFPB External Contact Database, https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2012/09/27/2012-23756/privacy-act-of-1974-as-amended. This information may be shared with contractors, agents, and others authorized by the CFPB to receive this information in order to provide you updates, and so that we may contact you to send you information, clarify your communication with us, and ask questions. This collection of information is authorized by Pub. L. No. 111-203, Title X, Sections 1013 and 1022, codified at 12 U.S.C. §§ 5493 and 5512. You are voluntarily providing this information to the CFPB, and may withdraw your subscription at any time.www.consumerfinance.gov
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Sep 11, 2026
Travis HoyumNARRATOR
In the UK, complaints to the Housing Ombudsman more than doubled since the introduction of ChatchGPT, rising from 2,600 in 2022 to just over 7,000 last year.
Travis HoyumNARRATOR
The United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or the CFPB saw 5x growth in complaints over the same period.
Travis HoyumNARRATOR
There were similar jumps in Brazilian judicial petitions and German parliamentary petitions.
Travis HoyumNARRATOR
Researcher Chris Smits is tracking this rise as part of a broader trend he called agentic flooding.
Terry MoeGUEST
There is no USAID.
Terry MoeGUEST
There is no Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Terry MoeGUEST
The EPA has been gutted.
Terry MoeGUEST
Right.
Terry MoeGUEST
There is no USAID.
Terry MoeGUEST
There is no Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Terry MoeGUEST
The EPA has been gutted.
Terry MoeGUEST
Right.
Mary JonesHOST
And she doesn't really know how to do it.
Mary JonesHOST
And she makes these ads that Roy is able to manipulate and make it look like she's lying to the Consumer Protection Bureau.
Mary JonesHOST
And boy, wasn't it funny hearing that there's such a thing as a Consumer Protection Bureau, because I'm telling you, there hasn't been one for at least 10 years.
Mary JonesHOST
Yeah.
Mary JonesHOST
Yeah, I know.
Mary JonesHOST
The fact that a lot of this movie hinges on the Consumer Protection Bureau going after a used car dealership for lying to the consumer just feels like a different world.
Mary JonesHOST
I just said that history is long and life is short and that, like, you know, we're still living in this, like, one time period.
Mary JonesHOST
But then you watch something like that and you go, oh, but at the same time, we're not the same time period because there were actually consumer protections back then.
Erin DeeHOST
And finally, all the work and a lot of it is behind the scenes done by the state and local team, COOP, Liz Ainsley, Ainsley, all of them working to to fill in all of the issues.
Erin DeeHOST
Now they're popping up around the different states with the CFPB pulling back and that work has done well.
Erin DeeHOST
So one, I just want to acknowledge them now on to my my greater vision and my greater role.
Erin DeeHOST
One is I think it's important for us to continue to push on affordability.
Erin DeeHOST
We need far more transparency from these agencies that operate At least for now with taxpayer backstops.
Erin DeeHOST
And I think that's important as well.
Erin DeeHOST
We need to make permanent the changes at the CFPB.
Erin DeeHOST
We've had a lot of really positive changes, but we need to push to have all of those made permanent so that as we move into a post-Trump 2.0, whoever is coming in next, that we're not going to be subjected to the regulatory whiplash.
Erin DeeHOST
And finally, all the work and a lot of it is behind the scenes done by the state and local team, COOP, Liz Ainsley, Ainsley, all of them working to to fill in all of the issues.
Erin DeeHOST
Now they're popping up around the different states with the CFPB pulling back and that work has done well.
Erin DeeHOST
So one, I just want to acknowledge them now on to my my greater vision and my greater role.
Erin DeeHOST
One is I think it's important for us to continue to push on affordability.
Erin DeeHOST
At least for now with taxpayer backstops.
Erin DeeHOST
And I think that's important as well.
Erin DeeHOST
We need to make permanent the changes at the CFPB.
Erin DeeHOST
We've had a lot of really positive changes, but we need to push to have all of those made permanent so that as we move into a post-Trump 2.0, whoever is coming in next, that we're not going to be subjected to the regulatory whiplash.
Terry MoeGUEST
There is no USAID.
Terry MoeGUEST
There is no Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Terry MoeGUEST
The EPA has been gutted.
Terry MoeGUEST
Right.
Terry MoeGUEST
There is no USAID.
Terry MoeGUEST
There is no Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Terry MoeGUEST
The EPA has been gutted.
Terry MoeGUEST
Right.
BrittanyHOST
Those cuts stretched across Veterans Affairs.
BrittanyHOST
Education, Health and Human Services, the IRS, USAID, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Small Business Administration.
BrittanyHOST
Musk and Trump later had a very public falling out.
BrittanyHOST
Insert.
Philip DeFrancoHOST
All over the world, you have people increasingly including products in their homes with the capabilities to record and track And in some cases, you have the companies being sketchy, others less so.
Philip DeFrancoHOST
And while normally this would have been the perfect thing for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to investigate, it was completely gutted by Doge and Trump.
Philip DeFrancoHOST
But that, my friend, you beautiful bastard, is the end of your Wednesday show.
Philip DeFrancoHOST
Though, if you're not 100% filled in, you should definitely check out today's brand new episode of the Crashing Out Podcast with myself and Alex Perlman.
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