Consumer agency drops Zelle lawsuit against big banks

CFPB drops Zelle fraud lawsuit
T he Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has dismissed its lawsuit against Early Warning Services, the operator of the Zelle payments network, and three major U.S. banks:
Consumer agency drops Zelle lawsuit against big banks in latest legal pullback
The CFPB has dropped a lawsuit accusing Zelle and its bank backers of failing to clamp down on fraud. It's Trump administration's latest move to drop enforcement actions.
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A spokeswoman for the payment app’s parent company said the lawsuit against three large banks was “without merit, and legally and factually flawed.”
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In December, the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, under the Biden administration, filed a lawsuit against Zelle, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo, claiming consumers lost more than $870 million because fraud claims weren’t properly investigated.
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The CFPB has now dropped seven of the enforcement cases brought under former President Joe Biden, including one against Capital One.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dropped its case Tuesday against the peer-to-peer payment network along with Charlotte-based Bank of America and Wells Fargo, which has its largest employment hub in the city. JPMorgan Chase was also named in the lawsuit filed in December.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dismissed its lawsuit against Zelle's operator and its owner banks.
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