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2 Mar 2017, 11:48 am
According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 17 percent of Americans 65 and older, have already been the victims of financial exploitation. [read post]
1 Jul 2012, 9:56 pm
As Ed Mierzwinski explains, the payday lending industry is seeking passage of H.R. 1909, which would eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's oversight, preempt state law, and place authority for regulating the industry in (what the industry sees as) the friendlier hands of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 8:07 am
A recruitment ad for the newly established Consumer Financial Protection Bureau seeks investigators qualified to “establish and conduct surveillance activity to develop both intelligence and evidence to further investigations,” for matters that include “delicate matters, issues and investigative problems for which there are few, if any, established criteria.” Among the job duties: retain and oversee private investigators who might pose as… [read post]
11 Sep 2017, 1:55 pm
On August 24, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB“) issued a new rule that amends the 2015 updates to the Home Mortgage Act (“HMDA“) rules. [read post]
21 Apr 2015, 4:08 pm
This new toolkit (PDF) from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), offers a step-by-step guide that includes checklists, conversation starters for discussions between buyers and lenders, and research tips to find more information. [read post]
4 Jun 2015, 6:28 am
In a recent letter, 58 members of Congress asked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to exercise its rule-making authority and ban mandatory arbitration provisions in consumer financial agreements. [read post]
1 Apr 2014, 2:30 am
Todd, Attorney The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) arose out of the national foreclosure crisis in July 2010 by way of the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”).[1] The Act established the CFPB as a subsidiary agency of the Federal Reserve, and the associated regulations provided the CFPB with broad powers to enforce nearly all of the various federal consumer… [read post]
10 Nov 2022, 7:08 pm
“Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a new complaint bulletin that highlights complaints the CFPB received related to crypto-assets. [read post]
8 Nov 2013, 3:36 pm
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is considering new rules for the debt collection industry, and needs feedback on its questions and ideas. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 5:15 am
Since it first opened its doors in July, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been unable to exercise its full authority as promulgated under Dodd-Frank. [read post]
3 Nov 2015, 11:40 am
To the surprise of no one who has watched how furnishers of credit–banks, finance companies, and the like–deal with consumers’ disputes, today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said many furnishers lack adequate policies for accurately reporting information to consumer reporting agencies and for responding to disputes. [read post]
17 Jul 2017, 2:23 pm
On July 10, in a 775-page release, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued its long-awaited final arbitration rule (“Arbitration Rule”) pertaining to consumer finance contracts. [read post]
19 Jul 2024, 8:04 am
On July 18, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a proposed interpretive rule to regulate offerings in the paycheck advance marketplace. [read post]
8 May 2019, 1:46 pm
” An effort last October to pass a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulation prohibiting financial institutions, such as banks and credit card companies, from imposing mandatory arbitration agreements on customers suffered a narrow defeat when Vice President Mike Pence cast the tie-breaking vote against the regulation. [read post]
15 Apr 2024, 6:48 am
“Judge’s Potential Recusal Over Citi Stock Divides CFPB, Industry” — “Parties in a lawsuit challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s credit card late fee rule are divided on whether a federal appeals judge hearing the case might stand to financially benefit from the court fight. [read post]
8 Mar 2013, 6:56 am
Yurechko, Attorney The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is set to have a major impact on the creditor’s rights arena. [read post]
27 Jun 2010, 5:15 am
Title X is the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010, which establishes the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, the brainchild of Prof. [read post]
3 Mar 2014, 8:16 am
The House of Representatives passed legislation completely changing the structure and funding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, even renaming it the Financial Product Safety Commission .The Consumer Financial Freedom and Washington Accountability Act, H.R. 3193, passed by a bipartisan vote of 232 to 182, with ten Democrats voting for the bill. [read post]
18 Apr 2022, 6:58 am
To implement recent amendments to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed a rule intended to assist survivors of trafficking. [read post]
17 Nov 2021, 11:18 am
Montgomery Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, has written to newly confirmed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra, asking him to review companies in the tenant screening industry for possible Fair Credit Reporting Act violations and other violations of U.S. laws. [read post]
