CFPB News & Analysis
CFPB News & Analysis
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A clash over pay playing out in contract negotiations between the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its employee union occur as the Supreme Court is considering whether the agency must get its funding from Congress.
February 5 -
The CFPB is well within its authority to make these changes, which will increase the availability of credit to many Americans.
January 23 -
The guidance also underscores consumer rights to obtain access to their own information as well as identities of sources providing data.
January 11 -
The CFPB's plan to block medical debt from appearing on credit reports will have damaging unintended consequences, limiting consumer access to both credit and health care.
January 9 -
Making it easier for consumers to switch between competing banks will increase competition, resulting in major benefits for account holders.
December 29 -
The CFPB needs to think bigger — much bigger — when it comes to writing rules for Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act.
December 25 -
The Justice Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are suing a real estate developer over an alleged bait-and-switch land-sale scheme near Houston. The developer used TikTok and other social media sites to lure Hispanic immigrants into predatory loans, the government alleges.
December 20 -
The resolution to nullify the CFPB's small-business data rule, which would require lenders to collect demographic information before making loans to small-businesses, passed in both chambers with some bipartisan support.
December 20 -
Federal banking agencies should disregard a demand by state attorneys general that national banks be instructed to provide investigators with bank records outside of a court proceeding.
December 19 -
Rep. Andy Barr, R-Ky., is urging the Government Accountability Office to examine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's credit card late fee proposal.
December 18