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Hugh Son

@hugh_son

CNBC reporter , banks + payments . Served 12 years @business .

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linkhttps://www.cnbc.com/hugh-son/ calendar_today13-11-2012 17:08:21

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Always nice to see your work confirmed; back in Sept, we reported that American Airlines was set to make Citi its sole card partner, dropping Barclays Bank Leslie Josephs ✈️ cnbc.com/2024/12/05/ame…

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It feels appropriate to post this here.... cnbc.com/2025/01/28/elo… Who's gonna use X Money ? What features do you want ? <cough crypto>

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CFPB staff were already bracing for the worst after the news of the last 3 days. Now they're being told their HQ is shuttered... which feels, to many at regulator, like the prelude to mass layoffs. cnbc.com/2025/02/09/con…

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CFPB update: On Monday morning, Vought reiterated the message in an agency-wide email to staff, saying that employees needed clearance from chief legal officer Mark Paoletta to "perform any work task." cnbc.com/2025/02/09/con…

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another new detail on CFPB story: CFPB staff told by management that the Trump admin's buyout offer for federal employees is valid and that the agency would respect its terms... "There are a lot of people who are very anxious, trying to figure out whether to take the deal."

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"This is an unlawfully-executed mass firing," said Johanna Hickman, senior CFPB litigation counsel who said she received the agency's dismissal notice. cnbc.com/2025/02/12/cfp…

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CFPB insiders say the plan from Vought & Musk is to reduce the agency to "Five Men and a Phone" buried somewhere in a DC office 👇 cnbc.com/2025/02/28/cfp…

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Walmart's OnePay says Klarna will replace Affirm to offer buy-now-pay-later to US shoppers later in 2025, and OnePay can buy a Klarna stake; AFRM drops 10%+ (@hugh_son / CNBC) cnbc.com/2025/03/17/wal… techmeme.com/250317/p14#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…

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“This is the dream scenario for tech investors,” Dan Ives, global head of technology research at Wedbush Securities, told CNBC. “Smartphones, chips being excluded is a game changer scenario when it comes to China tariffs.” CNBC 🏆🐂🔥👇 cnbc.com/2025/04/12/tru…

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news: SoFi CEO Anthony Noto said the fintech bank will bring back cryptocurrency investing after a “fundamental shift” in the regulatory landscape under the Trump administration.... 👇 cnbc.com/2025/04/29/sof…

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Bob is a legend in financial journalism, and a true gentleman. Always a pleasure to work with and chock full of insights. I’m glad he’s not going too far.

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New: Waymo is launching teen accounts for driverless car rides. Specially-trained "Rider Support agents" are available to assist teens during rides and can loop in their parents if needed, the company says. cnb.cx/4eEwo67

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"We’re going to start augmenting our workforce with Devin, which is going to be like our new employee who’s going to start doing stuff on the behalf of our developers." -- Goldman tech chief Marco Argenti to Hugh Son. cnbc.com/2025/07/11/gol…

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On stablecoins, JP Morgan's Jamie Dimon says, "We're going to be involved in both JPMorgan deposit coin and stablecoins to understand it, to be good at it" (@hugh_son / CNBC) cnbc.com/2025/07/15/jam… techmeme.com/250715/p21#a25… x.com/Techmeme/statu…