CFPB News & Analysis
CFPB News & Analysis
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Agency lawyers called the rule, which was almost a decade in the making, "unlawful" in a court filing.
May 27 -
Because of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's onerous regulation governing prepaid products, Americans who rely on them as their primary personal banking tool are being denied access to features available to users of similar products, such as checking accounts.
May 22 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has withdrawn guidance that allowed states to bring enforcement actions broadly under federal consumer protection laws.
May 19 -
The Trump administration has brought deregulation and staff cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, leaving many wondering what's next.
May 15 -
The Trump administration has withdrawn from the Federal Register a proposed rule that sought to protect consumers from having their sensitive financial information sold.
May 14 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dismissed or withdrawn from more than 20 lawsuits as the Trump administration reverses the work done during the Biden era.
May 14 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is likely to scratch and rework its open banking rule, at a time when the agency's fate is in doubt.
May 13 -
President Donald Trump has signed two Congressional Review Act resolutions nullifying the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule capping many overdraft fees and subjecting large data brokers to regulation.
May 12 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a policy directive rescinding scores of standing guidance documents, interpretive rules and advisory opinions in a bid to reduce compliance costs.
May 12 -
The bureau's Tuesday afternoon announcement follows an earlier statement that it would walk back a rule that places buy now/pay later loans under the Truth in Lending Act's Regulation Z, a move that will ease compliance for fintechs that offer installment loans.
May 6 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will not enforce or supervise the 1071 small business lending rule, it announced in a press release. The rule requires collecting data on the race, ethnicity, gender and LGBTQ status of loan applicants.
May 1 -
A panel of federal appeals judges prohibited the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from issuing any further reduction-in-force notices to employees until after it hears arguments on the case next month.
April 28 -
The bureau dropped the case against the subprime card lender with prejudice, following a number of similar actions taken under the Trump administration.
April 23 -
A robust consumer protection regime ensures that consumers will rely on the stability and reliability of traditional banks by pushing capital away from volatile and speculative markets.
April 23 -
A federal judge will determine if the leadership of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be held in contempt after firing 90% of the bureau's staff and dismantling all offices.
April 18 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is laying off more than 1,400 employees just days after a panel of judges said the bureau couldn't fire employees without an assessment of whether the workers are unnecessary to perform the bureau's legally mandated duties.
April 17 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Townstone Financial, a Chicago mortgage lender that it sued in 2020, jointly asked a federal court to vacate a settlement, saying the case should never have been filed.
April 16 -
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott said Jonathan McKernan's final confirmation vote to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is "imminent."
April 8 -
As President Donald Trump's tariffs whipsaw bank shares and threaten recession, the House Financial Services Committee chairman told a large room of bankers that efforts like repealing the small business data collection rule and passing legislation to Congressionally appropriate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are among his priorities.
April 8 -
President Donald Trump's tariff moves, a flicker of life at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s future.
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