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Lloyd Lee,Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert @ Business Insider · 02/10/2025 18:03 EDT

Dismantling the CFPB would turn the consumer finance world into the 'wild, wild west,' its former director says

Richard Cordray, the first director of the CFPB, told BI that Elon Musk's call to dismantle the agency is a 'direct conflict of interest.'

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