CFPB取消逾3.6億消費者賠償引熱議

美國消費者金融保護局(CFPB)近期行動導致逾3.6億美元消費者賠償款遭撤銷或面臨無法支付風險

華盛頓消息 — 根據親消費者組織週二公布的分析報告,美國消費者金融保護局(CFPB)近期的措施已導致超過3.6億美元的賠償款被撤銷或面臨無法支付的風險,這些賠償款本應支付給被金融公司不當行為所損害的消費者。

這些賠償涉及CFPB近年來針對放貸機構、學生貸款服務商、匯款公司等多方的掠奪性行為指控。根據美國消費者聯盟(Consumer Federation of America)和學生借款者保護中心(Student Borrower Protection Center)最新的估算,這一數字進一步凸顯了批評者對特朗普政府削弱CFPB所帶來的普通民眾負擔日益加重的擔憂。

這兩個組織上月亦指出,CFPB放寬對透支費用及信用卡逾期費用的監管,以及撤銷多宗執法案件,將令消費者額外承擔180億美元的成本。

CFPB現任領導層表示,正轉變機構工作重點,批評過去的執法行動帶有政治色彩,且不公平地打擊自由企業。他們聲稱,現時機構約用90%較少的人手,仍能履行法律責任。

根據週二發布的分析報告,CFPB近期對部分消費者賠償款的調整或取消,涉及自2023年起的多宗和解案,包括海軍聯邦信用合作社(Navy Federal Credit Union)、豐田貸款部門、全國大學生貸款信託(National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts)及匯款公司Wise等,合計超過1.2億美元。

報告作者為前CFPB高層埃里克·哈珀林(Eric Halperin)及艾莉森·普瑞斯(Allison Preiss),他們指出,這些撤銷行動令CFPB尚未批准或處理的其他多宗涉及超過2.44億美元賠償款的案件變得存疑,這些案件包括針對現金應用(Cash App)母公司Block及學生貸款處理商Navient的行動。

CFPB是國會於2008年金融危機後設立,目的是保護消費者免受不公平、欺詐或濫用行為侵害。華盛頓聯邦上訴法院尚未裁定CFPB今年試圖解僱大部分員工的合法性。

評論與啟示

這份報告揭示了CFPB在新領導層帶領下,政策方向及執法力度的根本轉變,對消費者權益造成的直接影響不容忽視。CFPB的成立初衷是為了防範金融機構的不當行為,保障消費者利益,但當前的措施卻反過來削弱了這些保障,令受害者難以獲得應有的賠償。

在經濟不穩定及消費者財務壓力加劇的背景下,這種「退步」不僅影響個別消費者,更可能助長金融機構的無序行為。CFPB領導層以「減少員工數量」及「去政治化」為由,削弱執法力度,是否真正符合消費者長遠利益,值得社會各界深入反思。

此外,這也暴露出監管機構在政治與經濟壓力下的脆弱性,提醒我們在設計和維護金融監管體系時,必須確保其獨立性和持續性,避免政策隨政權更替而大幅搖擺。

未來,消費者團體和立法機構應該加強監督,推動更透明、公正且有效的執法機制,確保金融消費者真正得到應有的保護和補償,防止類似情況再度發生。這不僅是對個人權益的保障,更是維護整體金融市場健康運作的關鍵所在。

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