Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Paves Way for Consumers to Receive Economic Impact Payments Quicker
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) took steps to make it easier for consumers to receive pandemic-relief payments, including the economic impact payments authorized in the…
Federal Banking Agencies to Defer Appraisals and Evaluations for Real Estate Transactions Affected by COVID-19
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The federal banking agencies today issued an interim final rule to temporarily defer real estate-related appraisals and evaluations under the agencies’ interagency appraisal regulations. The Federal Reserve…
CFPB and FHFA Announce Borrower Protection Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the Borrower Protection Program (the Program), a new joint initiative that enables…
Senior Presidential Advisor for the Americas Dodd’s Travel to the Dominican Republic
Special Presidential Advisor (SPA) for the Americas Christopher J. Dodd will travel to Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, on March 24-25 to attend the 28th Ibero-American Summit of Heads of…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Final Rule Raising Data Reporting Thresholds Under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued a final rule raising the loan-volume coverage thresholds for financial institutions reporting data under the Home Mortgage Reporting Act (HMDA).…
Secretary Blinken’s Participation in the Second Summit for Democracy
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken will participate in the second Summit for Democracy on March 28-30, 2023 in Washington, D.C. The Summit will be co-hosted by the United States,…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Advisory Committees to Meet on May 1, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) announced today that the Consumer Advisory Board (CAB), Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC), the Credit Union Advisory Council (CUAC), and the…
United States Imposes Additional Sanctions on Jet Fuel Suppliers and Military Cronies to Address Burma Military Regime’s Atrocities
The United States continues to promote accountability for the Burmese military regime’s assault on the democratic aspirations of the people of Burma. Today we are designating two individuals and six…
Media Advisory: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Video for Non-Filers on Economic Impact Payments
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) has released a video outlining the steps that non-filers need to take in order to receive their economic impact payments authorized…
Taking Additional Actions to Hold the Lukashenka Regime to Account
The United States continues to promote accountability for the Lukashenka regime’s violence surrounding the fraudulent August 2020 presidential election in Belarus, its ongoing brutal crackdown against the pro-democracy movement and…