CFPB News & Analysis
CFPB News & Analysis
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may face an existential threat if former President Trump is reelected, while the agency could be emboldened if Vice President Harris wins.
October 28 -
The rule, finalized Tuesday, enables consumers to share their financial data with third parties. Here are the implications for banks.
October 25 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned companies about modern-day surveillance of workers and requirements to follow the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
October 24 -
Section 1033 promised to increase competition in banking and improve the ability to offer novel payment methods, but experts say the regulation isn't clear enough to have a major impact.
October 22 -
A ban on screen scraping and new disclosures to consumers about data usage are among the new elements of the data protection rule.
October 22 -
Goldman Sachs Group is expected to pay a fine tied to a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau probe into its credit-card business, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
October 22 -
JPMorgan Chase and bank trade groups criticized the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule for not providing enough data security.
October 22 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau expanded the scope of the 1033 rule to include payment apps, provides for some secondary uses of data, and extends the timeline for compliance.
October 22 -
The final rule on open banking is expected to be issued any day now by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Banks have raised a host of concerns about liability, fraud and oversight of third-party fintech partners.
October 19 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's nonbank registry to address repeat corporate offenders goes live this week, but some experts have raised concerns about redundancy and costs for nonbanks.
October 16 -
Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said his tenure at the agency could be characterized as simply reading statutes rather than finding novel ways to enforce regulations.
October 16 -
More than a decade ago, a senator from Alabama warned that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would grow into an unaccountable monstrosity. His successor, Sen. Katie Britt, says that prediction has proven true.
October 15 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the business of promoting economic justice. A second Trump administration might permanently damage the agency's ability to deliver for American consumers.
October 8 -
Banks are trying to get a grasp of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's financial data rights plan, from preparing for an influx of data requests from fintechs to meeting ongoing compliance.
October 4 -
The Federal Reserve and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moderately increased the minimum prices at which the Truth in Lending Act applies to loans and leases.
October 4 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an advisory opinion warning to debt collectors that they cannot rely only on information from a medical provider to collect a debt.
October 1 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's open banking rule is supposed to put small banks on a more even footing with their larger rivals. But PNC CEO Bill Demchak says larger banks' advantages in tech and economies of scale will win the day.
September 30 -
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra said the action would "close the book" on the agency's investigation into the Sallie Mae spinout.
September 12 -
The law that created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stipulates that the agency must be funded by the central bank's earnings. But, the Fed has been losing money for two years. Therefore, its payments to the agency are not legal.
September 12 -
The latest violations come as the bank expects to face more than $3 billion in regulatory fines for anti-money-laundering failures.
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