CFPB Releases Tool to Help Measure Financial Well-Being
Resource Will Provide Questions Financial Educators Can Use to Assess the Financial Wellness of Consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is releasing a tool to…
CFPB Announces New General Counsel
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced that Mary McLeod will join the Bureau as General Counsel, upon the departure of current General Counsel and Acting…
CFPB Orders EZCORP to Pay $10 Million for Illegal Debt Collection Tactics
Bureau Issues Industry-Wide Warning On Home, Workplace Debt Collection RisksWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against EZCORP, Inc., a small-dollar lender, for illegal debt…
Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abdul Momen Before Their Meeting
SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to have Foreign Minister Momen here with us today at the State Department, and important to take account of the fact…
CFPB Warns Colleges About Secret Campus Credit Card Contracts
Bureau Also Releases Safe Student Account Toolkit to Help Colleges Avoid Promoting Prepaid and Debit Products with Surprise Fees WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sent…
Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink On the Secretary’s Upcoming Travel to Vietnam and Japan
MR PATEL: Hey, good afternoon, everybody, and thank you so much for joining us today for this press preview call on the Secretary’s travel to Ireland, where of course he’ll…
CFPB Orders CarHop to Pay $6.4 Million Penalty for Jeopardizing Consumers’ Credit
One of Nation’s Biggest “Buy-Here, Pay-Here” Auto Dealers Provided Inaccurate Credit Information WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is taking action against CarHop, one of the…
CFPB Takes Action Against Lead Aggregators for Online Trafficking of Personal Information
T3Leads and Lead Publisher Exposed Consumers to Harassment and Deceit WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took separate actions against a company and an individual that…
State Department Partners with Africa Fintech Summit
Officials from the Department of State will highlight the U.S. commitment to supporting Africa’s digital transformation at the Africa Fintech Summit on April 12 at the Walter E. Washington Convention…
CFPB Announces Two Annual Threshold Adjustments
HMDA Asset-Size Exemption Threshold Unchanged at $44 Million; Higher-Priced Mortgage Loan Escrow Account Exemption Threshold Declines to $2.052 Billion WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued…