Virtual Listening Session following the 16th Round of Negotiations to Modernize the Columbia River Treaty Regime
The United States and Canada conducted the 16th round of Columbia River Treaty regime negotiations from March 22–23 in Washington, D.C. As President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau affirmed on…
Read Out of CFPB Inaugural Joint Office Hours in Salt Lake City
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Office of the Utah Attorney General, and the Utah Department of Financial Institutions held joint office hours on January 30,…
FTC Testifies Before House Judiciary Subcommittee on Responsiveness and Accountability to Oversight
The Federal Trade Commission testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Responsiveness and Accountability to Oversight on the responses the FTC has provided to the Subcommittee since the beginning of…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles Lawsuit Against Think Finance Entities
Washington, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today announced a proposed settlement with Think Finance, LLC, formerly known as Think Finance, Inc., and six subsidiaries (collectively, the “Think…
CFPB to Host Symposium on February 26
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) announced today that it will hold a symposium on Consumer Access to Financial Records and Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, South Carolina, and Arkansas File Suit Against Brokers of High-Interest Credit Offers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau), the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (South Carolina), and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge today filed a lawsuit in federal…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Time-Barred Debt Disclosures
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today issued a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Supplemental NPRM) regarding the collection of time-barred debt. The Bureau proposes to prohibit…
CFPB Takes Key Steps to Prevent Consumer Harm; Proposes Whistleblower Award Program, Other Measures
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today announced three steps to advance its strategy on one of its key priorities: preventing consumer harm. The Bureau is: Implementing…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Files Suit Against Fifth Third Bank, National Association for Allegedly Opening Unauthorized Accounts and Enrolling Consumers in Unauthorized Products and Services
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today filed a lawsuit in federal district court in the Northern District of Illinois against Fifth Third Bank, National Association (Fifth Third).…
CFPB Director Kraninger Statement on Joint HUD-FHFA Announcement on Foreclosure and Eviction Moratorium
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathleen L. Kraninger made the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Finance…