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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
When it comes to crypto, it's buyer beware
Nov 11, 2022
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released a new bulletin of consumer complaints about crypto.
"Buy now, pay later" can come with a cost, federal consumer watchdog says
Sep 19, 2022
The CFPB says delinquencies and late fees add up and recommends tighter regulation of loans in line with the credit card industry.
Tenants facing pandemic eviction have a new ally: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Apr 20, 2021
The new CFPB rule requires landlords to clearly inform tenants — and limits what debt collectors can do.
Financial watchdog expected to regain teeth under Biden
Dec 18, 2020
Under President Trump, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau relaxed rules on payday lending and debt collection.
CFPB rolls back restrictions on payday lenders
Jul 9, 2020
Lenders will not have to verify whether borrowers have the ability to pay back high-interest loans
Black applicants are more likely to be denied mortgages, study finds
by
Amy Scott
Jun 26, 2020
And that's one reason for the persistent homeownership gap.
How much protection for consumers?
by
Ryan Kailath
Apr 11, 2018
Mick Mulvaney is set to testify before Congress on April 11 about how he’s managing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It might be hard to tell, but, the CFPB still there. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
For public good, not for profit.
Mick Mulvaney doesn’t think the CFPB needs more money
by
Kai Ryssdal
and Sean McHenry
Jan 18, 2018
The acting director requested $0 for the bureau’s funding.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Trump has "no authority" to appoint interim CFPB boss
Nov 28, 2017
The Massachusetts senator who helped set up the bureau says the president has "created a cloud" over it.
How much could a new leader reshape the CFPB?
Nov 27, 2017
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created in the wake of the financial crisis, is locked in a leadership struggle after its first director stepped down last week.