Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Files Suit Against Mortgage Creditor for Discriminatory Mortgage-Lending Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today filed a lawsuit against Townstone Financial, Inc., a nonbank retail-mortgage creditor based in Chicago, for violations of the Equal Credit…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Online Tool to Help College Students Determine How to Pay for College
WASHINGTON, D.C. – To help students navigate paying for college, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today released the “Your Financial Path to Graduation” web tool designed to help students…
CFPB Releases Updated COVID-19 Consumer Complaint Data
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today issued an updated Complaint Bulletin, analyzing the more than 8,000 complaints it received from January through May 2020 that mention…
CFPB Announces New Capability for the Consumer Complaint Database, Expands Ability to View Complaint Data Over Time
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today announced the addition of a trends view to the Consumer Complaint Database (Database). The trends view allows users to see…
CFPB Takes Action to Help Employers Develop Emergency Savings Programs to Boost Worker Financial Resilience
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today announced that it issued a Compliance Assistance Statement of Terms Template (CAST Template) under its Compliance Assistance Sandbox (CAS) Policy…
CFPB to Host Symposium July 29
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) announced today that it will hold a symposium on the use of cost-benefit analysis in consumer financial protection regulation on July…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Settlement with Foreclosure Relief Services Company and Its Owner
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On July 20, 2020, the United States District Court for the Central District of California entered a stipulated final judgment resolving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (Bureau)…
CFPB Announces Plan to Issue ANPR on Consumer-Authorized Access to Financial Data
Washington, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today announced that it plans to issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) later this year on consumer-authorized access to…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with Mortgage Companies to Address Deceptive Loan Advertisements Sent to Servicemembers and Veterans
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued consent orders against Sovereign Lending Group, Inc. (Sovereign) and Prime Choice Funding, Inc. (Prime Choice). Sovereign is a California…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Requests Information on Ways to Prevent Credit Discrimination and Build a More Inclusive Financial System
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued today a request for information (RFI) to seek public input on how best to create a regulatory environment that expands…