Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces New Advisory Committee Members
WASHINGTON, D.C. – CFPB Acting Director Dave Uejio today announced the appointment of new members to the Consumer Advisory Board (CAB), Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC), Credit Union Advisory Council…
CFPB Report: Consumer Complaint Submission Patterns Vary by Demographic Characteristics of Census Tract
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today released its first in-depth report analyzing complaint submission patterns by U.S. Census tract. The report, “Consumer complaints throughout the credit…
CFPB Report Finds Declines in Credit Card Debt, New Applications and Increases in Digital Engagement in 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its fifth biennial report to Congress today on the consumer credit card market, finding that the market’s growth over the last…
CFPB Takes Action Against American Advisors Group for Deceptively Marketing Reverse Mortgages to Consumers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today filed a complaint and proposed consent order alleging that American Advisors Group (AAG) used inflated and deceptive home estimates to…
CFPB Names Key Senior Positions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced leadership changes within the Bureau. The positions being announced today are: Deputy Director; Associate Director for Consumer Education &…
CFPB, FTC and North Carolina Department of Justice File Amicus Brief in Henderson v. The Source for Public Data, L.P.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and North Carolina Department of Justice filed an amicus brief in support of the consumer plaintiffs…
CFPB Penalizes JPay for Siphoning Taxpayer-Funded Benefits Intended to Help People Re-enter Society After Incarceration
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action against the prison financial services company JPay for violating the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) by charging consumers…
CFPB Joins Other Financial Regulatory Agencies in Issuing Statement on Discontinuation of LIBOR
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) joined four other federal financial regulatory agencies and state bank and credit union regulators today in issuing a statement highlighting the…
CFPB Orders Tech Giants to Turn Over Information on their Payment System Plans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a series of orders to collect information on the business practices of large technology companies operating payments systems in…
How Long Can this War Last? What Weapons Could End It Sooner – Ruslan Leviyev on “Popular Politics”
There is a lot of pro-Putin bias in the Western world. We aim to dispel this “macho” propaganda and reveal true colors of his regime: murder, intimidation, industrialized kleptocracy and…