• The CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act (H.R. 2672) is a bill that would amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to establish an application process that would allow a person to get their county designated as "rural" for purposes of a federal consumer financial law. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector. (wikipedia.org)
  • The CFPB Rural Designation Petition and Correction Act would amend the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to establish an application process under which a person who lives or does business in a state may apply to have a county designated as a rural area for purposes of a federal consumer financial law. (wikipedia.org)
  • CFPB spokesman John Czwartacki said that "contrary to malicious rumors and misinformation being spread elsewhere, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection is not shutting down its efforts to protect and inform students. (cnn.com)
  • In March 2019, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the State of New York brought an enforcement action against a company that, they alleged, engaged in fraudulent practices designed to induce beneficiaries of the NFL concussion settlement and the September 11 victims' fund to assign their rights to the company in return for cash payments. (citizen.org)
  • Some political analysts expect them to disband the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). (lifehacker.com)
  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing that you be able to share it with the world. (mortgageloan.com)
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray has announced an inquiry into how consumers and financial services companies are affected by arbitration and mandatory predispute arbitration agreements. (morganlewis.com)
  • In a letter to incoming CFPB Director Rohit Chopra last week, ACA CEO Mark Neeb noted that the bureau had not yet provided FAQs for the Debt Collection Final Rules even though the implementation date is just weeks away. (acainternational.org)
  • The Guinta-Perlmutter bill requires the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to withdraw the flawed guidance that attempts to eliminate a dealer's ability to discount auto financing for consumers. (nada.org)
  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a 21st century agency that helps consumer finance markets work by making rules more effective, by consistently and fairly enforcing those rules, and by empowering consumers to take more control over their economic lives. (consumerfinance.gov)
  • The CFPB finalized its amendments and clarifications to the mortgage regulations it initially issued on January 2013, many of which go into effect in January 2014, according to an announcement by the Bureau on Friday. (bakerdonelson.com)
  • The CFPB, which was the brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, was created by a Democratic-led Congress in 2010 and has long been criticized by Republicans who have over the years sought to weaken the bureau. (cbsnews.com)
  • In oral argument on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, counsel for PHH Corporation (PHH) argued that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is unconstitutional. (hklaw.com)
  • In January 2014, the CFPB filed an administrative suit against PHH in the CFPB's Office of Administrative Adjudication, an independent adjudicatory office within the Bureau. (hklaw.com)
  • Counsel for the CFPB defended the Bureau and its actions, arguing that PHH's long-standing practices justified the increased penalty and that the President has sufficient control over Director Cordray to satisfy separation of powers principles. (hklaw.com)
  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today proposed to delay the mandatory compliance date of the General Qualified Mortgage (QM) final rule from July 1, 2021 to Oct. 1, 2022. (nahb.org)
  • This post is the first in a series analyzing potential shifts in policy at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the months ahead. (brookings.edu)
  • Winter is here and change has arrived at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). (brookings.edu)
  • As NAFCU communicated to the Bureau in our letter on September 30, 2015, we remain disappointed that the CFPB declined to include a draft survey instrument in its submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). (thecre.com)
  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a brief this week with the U.S. Supreme Court contending that its funding source does not violate the appropriations clause of the U.S. Constitution, despite a recent Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling stating otherwise . (housingwire.com)
  • States continue to fill the void left by the neutered Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), with attorneys general leading the charge. (lexology.com)
  • Once a complaint is filed, consumers receive a written response acknowledging receipt of their complaint (from the CFPB)," says Jen Howard, spokeswoman for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (cardratings.com)
  • Banking trade groups are challenging a request for information (RFI) issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding customer service at large financial institutions. (insidearm.com)
  • This week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the release of the 2015 edition of their Annual Financial Acts Enforcement Report to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). (insidearm.com)
  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its most recent Regulatory Agenda (the Fall 2022 Regulatory Agenda) detailing planned final and proposed rulemakings as well as other relevant regulatory activity targeted for release during 2023. (kpmg.com)
  • He held that role beginning in 2016-but resigned last summer and wrote a dramatic letter to then-CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney (now President Trump's acting chief of staff) charging the bureau had "abandoned the very consumers it is tasked by Congress with protecting" in order to "serve the wishes of the most powerful financial companies in America. (thenation.com)
  • It operates almost as a shadow, nonprofit-sector CFPB, with several former bureau officials among its staffers. (thenation.com)
  • The political leadership has engaged in costly vanity exercises, while real people are getting hurt," Frotman will say, pointing to several instance s where political appointees at the CFPB interfered with the work of career staff, sat on bureau findings, and withdrew planned rulemaking efforts that would have protected student borrowers. (thenation.com)
  • On Aug. 18, The Pew Charitable Trusts sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in support of the bureau's proposed rule on pre-dispute arbitration. (pewtrusts.org)
  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") continues to play a major role in the enforcement of federal laws and regulations aimed at protecting consumers. (wc.com)
  • Opponents say the proposal would effectively neuter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which represents consumers seeking financial compensation related to fraudulent home and student lending, among other issues. (pjmedia.com)
  • The holding implies that the President's recess appointment of Richard Cordray, as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"), would likewise be invalid. (lawdragon.com)
  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB"), the agency responsible for enforcing the Electronic Fund Transfer Act ("EFTA") and related Regulation E (which apply to employers and institutions using or providing payroll cards), recently issued Bulletin 2013-10, found here ), explicitly prohibiting the mandatory use of payroll card accounts at an employer-selected financial institution and otherwise discussing the requirements for such use. (btlaw.com)
  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a legal interpretation to ensure that companies that use and share credit reports and background reports have a permissible purpose under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). (dsnews.com)
  • Consumers benefit from the fact that The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub.L. 111-203) offers a flexible framework for the CFPB to define its supervisory authority, enabling the Bureau to evaluate which non-banks present potential risks to consumers in a range of ways. (demos.org)
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized amendments and clarifications to its January 2013 mortgage rules in order to help industry comply and to better protect consumers. (consumerfinance.gov)
  • The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) offers advice and resources on how to financially prepare for an emergency. (cdc.gov)
  • Customers have been "pressured or misled into buying credit card products they didn't understand, didn't want, or in some cases, couldn't even use," according to CFPB director Richard Cordray. (mediapost.com)
  • The consumer experience shared in the narrative is the heart and soul of the complaint," said Richard Cordray, CFPB director. (mortgageloan.com)
  • On Friday, outgoing CFPB director Richard Cordray appointed Leandra English, who had been serving as the agency's chief of staff, to lead the agency as the deputy director until the Senate approves a permanent successor appointed by the President. (mediapost.com)
  • In levying the $109 million penalty, PHH argued that CFPB Director Richard Cordray ran "rough-shod" over existing law. (hklaw.com)
  • Our mortgage rules were designed to eliminate irresponsible practices and foster a thriving, more sustainable marketplace," said CFPB Director Richard Cordray. (consumerfinance.gov)
  • In fiscal year 2022, the CFPB drew roughly $641.5 million from the Fed, below the inflation-adjusted cap of about $734 million, according to court filings. (cbsnews.com)
  • A proposed rule that would require nonbanks subject to certain enforcement actions to register with the CFPB is also included in the Regulatory Agenda but was previously released in December 2022. (kpmg.com)
  • The CFPB Fall 2022 Regulatory Agenda is available here . (kpmg.com)
  • According to Rohit Chopra, the CFPB's former student loan ombudsman, Hensarling's proposal revokes the agency's ability to enforce laws that ban unfair and deceptive commercial activity, handcuffs the agency in policing the payday loan industry and curtails the public's right to check the status of CFPB complaints by removing a public database. (pjmedia.com)
  • Americans are now subject to round-the-clock surveillance by large commercial firms seeking to monetize their personal data," said CFPB Director Rohit Chopra . (dsnews.com)
  • McLEAN, Va. (Nov. 18, 2015)-Democrats and Republicans joined forces in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday to overwhelmingly pass legislation to protect consumers by bringing transparency and accountability to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) regulation of the auto finance market. (nada.org)
  • Justice Brett Kavanaugh noted that Congress as soon as tomorrow could change how the CFPB receives its funding, adding there's "nothing perpetual or permanent about this," a reference to the trade groups' claims that the bureau's funding stream exists in perpetuity. (cbsnews.com)
  • A federal district court ruled in favor of the CFPB, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit reversed the lower court's decision and invalidated provisions of the payday lending rule as "the product of the bureau's unconstitutional funding structure. (cbsnews.com)
  • In its appeal PHH also questioned the constitutionality of the CFPB, arguing that the Bureau's structure and powers violate the Constitution's separation of powers. (hklaw.com)
  • A cost-benefit analysis and the bureau's regulatory process was addressed during CFPB Director Rohit Chopra's testimony before the House Financial Services Committee in April, including from Mooney. (acainternational.org)
  • Mulvaney once called the CFPB a 'sick, sad joke. (axios.com)
  • Hours later, President Trump overruled that decision and instead named Mick Mulvaney as the temporary head of the CFPB. (mediapost.com)
  • On Monday morning, Mulvaney strolled into the CFPB offices carrying a bag of Dunkin' Donuts as English took her case to Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump appointee at U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. (mediapost.com)
  • The dueling afternoon developments followed a morning of high drama that Mulvaney acknowledged caused consternation among CFPB staffers Monday," writes Jim Puzzanghera for the Los Angeles Times . (mediapost.com)
  • Mulvaney has been a vociferous critic of the CFPB, once remarking, "I don't like the fact that the CFPB exists. (brookings.edu)
  • In his opening statement, Frotman will have harsh words for Mulvaney and the new CFPB director, Kathy Kraninger, who will also testify. (thenation.com)
  • The district court (Southern District of New York) granted the motion, holding that the CFPB is unconstitutionally structured and that the substantive provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act on which the CFPB's and New York's claims were based could not be severed. (citizen.org)
  • 2012-07-21T07:48:46-04:00 https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvZTA4XC8zMDcxODgtMDQtbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ== Shahien Nasiripour discussed the effects of the Dodd-Frank Act and the regulation power afforded to the Consumer Financial Protection Board, or CFPB. (c-span.org)
  • Dodd-Frank and the CFPB were created to help avoid a further financial meltdown by these institutions. (c-span.org)
  • Shahien Nasiripour discussed the effects of the Dodd-Frank Act and the regulation power afforded to the Consumer Financial Protection Board, or CFPB. (c-span.org)
  • The three branches of government have been battling over the CFPB from the day the agency was created in the Dodd-Frank Act. (cutimes.com)
  • Section 921 of the Dodd-Frank Act gives the SEC the ability to forbid broker-dealers and investment advisers from enforcing predispute arbitration agreements, parallel to the authority given to the CFPB in Section 1028 of the Dodd-Frank Act. (morganlewis.com)
  • At the crux of the dispute was the scheme through which the CFPB is funded, which was laid out through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act enacted in response to the 2008 financial crisis. (cbsnews.com)
  • The letter takes aim at the CFPB's authority under the Dodd-Frank Act, noting that it says nothing about customer service or relationship banking and does not "grant the CFPB the authority to dictate, via regulation or otherwise, the type of customer service banks provide or the manner in which they provide service. (insidearm.com)
  • President Trump ordered re-evaluation of the Dodd-Frank Act in February, while suggesting significant reductions for CFPB. (pjmedia.com)
  • Waters offered a statement Friday in support of maintaining the CFPB, noting that the Dodd-Frank Act created a specific office within the agency to address veteran needs. (pjmedia.com)
  • Much of the financial services industry and most Congressional Republicans were vehemently opposed to the creation of the CFPB in the lead up to the Dodd-Frank Act and have since undertaken a fierce campaign to undermine the agency. (lawdragon.com)
  • Counsel for the CFPB defended the agency's constitutionality and responded to substantial push-back from the bench. (hklaw.com)
  • The groups say Congress must approve annual appropriations for the CFPB. (cbsnews.com)
  • The legislation in the 117th Congress would address burdens of CFPB regulations and update existing legislation to align with consumers' modern communication preferences. (acainternational.org)
  • With enough votes to sustain a filibuster in the Senate, Republican leaders made clear that they would prevent confirmation of any nominee for Director of the CFPB unless the full Congress passed legislation to neuter the agency. (lawdragon.com)
  • While Congress and regulators must do more to protect our privacy, the CFPB will be taking steps to use the Fair Credit Reporting Act to combat misuse and abuse of personal data on background screening and credit reports. (dsnews.com)
  • In its brief, the CFPB contends that the manner in which it is funded falls under traditional readings of the Constitution's text, in that an "appropriation" of funding is defined as "simply a law making a particular source of funding available for particular uses," and that the "Founders knew how to limit Congress's authority to make appropriations when they wished to do so. (housingwire.com)
  • The CFPB contends that these statements about majority-black communities would somehow "discourage prospective applicants living in majority- or high-African-American neighborhoods from applying for mortgage loans. (cei.org)
  • If the CFPB gets an onslaught of similar complaints, they investigate the company in question. (lifehacker.com)
  • The CFPB already fields complaints about an array of consumer financial products and the companies that provide them, including mortgage loans and servicing, credit cards, auto loans, student loans, banking accounts, credit reports, payday loans and more. (mortgageloan.com)
  • The CFPB currently uses the complaints to identify patterns of problematic behavior among companies that provide consumer financial products. (mortgageloan.com)
  • The CFPB brought an enforcement action against PHH Corporation and its residential mortgage origination subsidiaries, PHH Mortgage Corporation and PHH Home Loans LLC, and PHH's wholly-owned subsidiaries, Atrium Insurance Corporation and Atrium Reinsurance Corporation. (hklaw.com)
  • The proposed rule is now subject to a 30-day public comment period, after which the CFPB is required to consider possible modifications to the rule. (mortgageloan.com)
  • However, the CFPB expressly states that it is not seeking comment at this time on whether it should adopt a rule restricting predispute arbitration agreements - presumably, such a rule would only be proposed after the CFPB completes its study of arbitration agreements. (morganlewis.com)
  • The legal fight arose from a challenge to a 2017 payday lending rule issued by the CFPB that was brought by a pair of trade associations. (cbsnews.com)
  • The CFPB said that extending the mandatory compliance date of the General QM final rule "would allow lenders more time to offer QM loans based on the home owners' debt-to-income (DTI) ratio, and not solely based on a pricing cut-off. (nahb.org)
  • Demos' recent research has focused on the consumer reporting industry, and we strongly agree that the CFPB should include consumer reporting in the initial rule. (demos.org)
  • 1 The CFPB seeks comment on the prevalence of predispute arbitration clauses, how often customers bring such arbitration claims, the speed and outcome of such arbitrations, customers' satisfaction with the arbitration process, and whether and under what circumstances financial institutions affirmatively bring arbitration claims against consumers (e.g., to collect debts). (morganlewis.com)
  • Partner Ryan Scarborough was a presenter at a Bloomberg BNA webinar entitled, 'CFPB Enforcement 2016. (wc.com)
  • Over the past few years, the CFPB fined both Citibank and Discover for illegal student loan practices after its investigations found the banks had charged incorrect late fees and interest. (cnn.com)
  • It's not the first time a change at the CFPB has incited fear that the agency is shifting away from pursuing predatory lenders and abusive practices by companies. (cnn.com)
  • It is facing action by both the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the CFPB over shady marketing practices that it says in a regulatory filing could cost it up to $110 million. (mediapost.com)
  • But she says in the meantime, the CFPB can still be policing deceptive or unfair practices - not just by payday lenders, but also online lenders, and auto-title lenders who have people put their vehicles up as collateral. (npr.org)
  • The CFPB invites consumers to call the hotline (or go the website, www.consumerfinance.gov ) to file a complaint about unfair, deceptive or abusive credit card practices. (cardratings.com)
  • The CFPB has filed a lawsuit in a Georgia federal district court against USASF Servicing (USASF) in which the CFPB alleges that USASF engaged in various unfair acts or practices in violation of the Consumer Financial Protection Act. (insidearm.com)
  • According to Reuters , CFPB general counsel Mary McLeod, who was appointed by Cordray in 2015, thinks the Trump administration has the stronger legal claim and has written a memo to this effect," Adler continues. (mediapost.com)
  • Counsel for PHH also argued that, as it currently exists, the CFPB violates the Constitution's separation of powers because the President can only remove the CFPB director for cause, and because the CFPB is led by a single director as opposed to a more-typical commission structure. (hklaw.com)
  • Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director of advocacy group U.S. PIRG, indicates that the announcement is a signal that CFPB is not to be trifled with. (mediapost.com)
  • And so the lawsuit, in a sense, backfired, because had the suit not been brought, President-elect Joe Biden would have been stuck with a Trump-appointed director at the CFPB for years to come. (npr.org)
  • Director Cordray found that the CFPB could assess penalties against PHH for a RESPA violation every time PHH accepted a reinsurance premium kickback payment on or after July 21, 2008, the final date for which HUD could have brought such a claim against PHH. (hklaw.com)
  • His views coupled with his unprecedented dual-role as Acting Director of an independent financial regulator and senior White House official raise broad questions about the future of the CFPB and the Trump Administration's respect for regulatory independence . (brookings.edu)
  • In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that the appointed director of the CFPB is not insulated from being fired by the President of the United States, but stopped short of invalidating the agency's structure. (housingwire.com)
  • This led President Biden to seek the appointment of his own CFPB director after entering office. (housingwire.com)
  • The draft regulation would prohibit the use of pre-dispute arbitration clauses in financial agreements as a means to avoid class action lawsuits and would allow the CFPB to collect data on arbitration proceedings. (pewtrusts.org)
  • CFPB Regulation C Asset-Size Exemption (opens new window) (You will be leaving NCUA.gov and accessing a non-NCUA website. (ncua.gov)
  • CFPB Regulation V Adjustment to Fee for Consumer Report (opens new window) (You will be leaving NCUA.gov and accessing a non-NCUA website. (ncua.gov)
  • The question in the case is whether the way in which the CFPB receives its funding violates the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution. (cbsnews.com)
  • What Is the CFPB and What Does It Offer Consumers? (lifehacker.com)
  • To prevent this from happening again, the CFPB created some rules and guidelines to keep consumers from borrowing more than they can afford and foreclosing on their home. (lifehacker.com)
  • Other rationales listed by the CFPB are that public narratives would help consumers make informed decisions and spur competition among financial institutions to provide better customer service. (mortgageloan.com)
  • The CFPB also requests comment on the extent to which predispute arbitration clauses affect the number and types of claims consumers bring, the price and availability of financial services to consumers, compliance with consumer protection laws by financial institutions and consumer awareness of their legal rights and remedies. (morganlewis.com)
  • If the CFPB concludes that mandatory predispute arbitration agreements hinder the ability of consumers to protect their rights without meaningfully lowering the cost or increasing the availability of financial services to consumers, it may be difficult for the Securities and Exchange Commission to reach a contrary conclusion. (morganlewis.com)
  • Welch also again urged the CFPB to embrace the fair credit compliance program proposed by NADA, the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers (NAMAD), and the American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA), which allows a dealer to discount credit rates for consumers when there is a legitimate business reason for doing so that is unrelated to the consumer's background. (nada.org)
  • The CFPB found that as a result of PHH's arrangement, consumers ended up paying more in mortgage insurance premiums. (hklaw.com)
  • In the RFI published in late June, the CFPB invited comments from the public regarding what customer service obstacles consumers face in the banking market, and specifically, what information would be helpful for consumers to obtain. (insidearm.com)
  • CFPB has secured nearly $12 billion from financial institutions for 29 million consumers since opening in July 2011, according to real estate statistics from Trulia. (pjmedia.com)
  • The consumer reporting industry is particularly in need of CFPB supervision due to its failure to meet basic standards of fairness and accuracy articulated in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, putting American consumers at risk. (demos.org)
  • Even financial services firms not directly subject to the jurisdiction of the CFPB should pay attention to the CFPB's report on predispute arbitration agreements. (morganlewis.com)
  • We encourage SEC-regulated entities as well as CFPB-regulated entities to consider the questions raised by the CFPB concerning the arbitration process and to submit comments on the CFPB's proposed study. (morganlewis.com)
  • 3] The quest continues: less than a week after the Noel Canning decision came down, Republican Senators introduced two new bills to limit funding to the CFPB, add mandatory Republican representation to its leadership, and hobble its ability to prescribe rules. (lawdragon.com)
  • If there's a question as to the validity of new credit card terms, an issue with identity theft or a complaint about a deceptive marketing tactic, that's why the CFPB hotline was created. (cardratings.com)
  • CFPB, DOJ, FTC - tools and insights to keep you out of these regulators' crosshairs. (compli.com)
  • The CFPB and other regulators expect an organization's board of directors to have oversight over the organization's compliance management system. (compli.com)
  • The Biden administration appealed the 5th Circuit's decision and asked the justices to consider whether the lower court erred when it found the statute providing funding to the CFPB to be unconstitutional. (cbsnews.com)
  • Following the issuer's timely response to the consumer, the consumer receives additional communication from the CFPB. (cardratings.com)
  • As the CFPB continues to stand down, state AGs have been stepping up enforcement actions. (lexology.com)
  • In a letter to U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., who serves on the House Financial Services Committee, ACA outlined renewed support of his legislation to enhance rulemaking requirements from the CFPB through a cost-benefit analysis. (acainternational.org)
  • A copy of the report has been sent to officials at the CFPB and the Federal Reserve Board. (insidearm.com)
  • Rather, the CFPB points to a handful of statements Mr. Sturner and other company officials made over a four-year period on the Townstone Financial Show-a weekly radio program and podcast. (cei.org)
  • PHH appealed the ALJ's decision in the first ever appeal of a CFPB administrative enforcement proceeding. (hklaw.com)
  • Undaunted, the CFPB filed to appeal the decision on April 3. (cei.org)
  • But Yu said she is concerned that the CFPB might drop the lawsuit. (cnn.com)
  • In a lawsuit against Townstone Financial, a small Chicago-area nonbank mortgage firm, the CFPB is signaling that it may attempt to punish anyone who complains about neighborhood crime. (cei.org)
  • The CFPB contacts the credit card issuer on your behalf, presumably using the weight of governmental authority to encourage the bank to respond constructively to your complaint. (cardratings.com)
  • The CFPB has rulemaking authority regarding these laws. (insidearm.com)
  • The Pacific Legal Foundation, a public-interest law group representing Townstone, warns in a legal brief that this approach to enforcement "would arrogate to the CFPB the authority to censor speech. (cei.org)
  • Regulations from the CFPB that do not account for the costs impacting regulated entities such as staff training time, implementing new technologies, and creating new policies and procedures, for example, have the potential to create excessive burdens," said ACA CEO Scott Purcell in the letter. (acainternational.org)
  • Last year, the CFPB sued Navient , claiming it gave borrowers bad information and processed their payments incorrectly. (cnn.com)
  • This sounds simple enough, but the problem is that many of these companies make their terms deliberately misleading, so the CFPB was created to provide more transparency. (lifehacker.com)
  • With its brief, the CFPB is seeking to overturn the Fifth Circuit's decision in Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd. v. CFPB , reached late last year. (housingwire.com)
  • The number isn't as catchy as 911 or 411, but for beleaguered credit card holders, 1-855-411-CFPB (2372) could end up being a financial lifeline. (cardratings.com)
  • Ochinko said the CFPB has made significant progress since the financial collapse, noting its involvement in cases against major institutions like Bank of America. (pjmedia.com)
  • Senator Elizabeth Warren proposed the idea for an agency like the CFPB in 2007 and, following the Great Recession, it was officially launched in 2010. (lifehacker.com)
  • The CFPB accuses Townstone owner Barry Sturner and others affiliated with the company of making "statements that would discourage African-American prospective applicants from applying for mortgage loans. (cei.org)
  • The law-abiding citizen discouraged from applying for a loan by a mortgage professional calling out neighborhood "hoodlums" exists only in a CFPB bureaucrat's imagination. (cei.org)
  • The CFPB finalized several mortgage rules in January 2013. (consumerfinance.gov)
  • The CFPB also finalized rules that strengthened consumer protections for high-cost mortgages, and instituted a requirement that escrow accounts be established for a minimum of five years for certain higher-priced mortgage loans. (consumerfinance.gov)
  • Making narratives public would also make it easier to spot developing trends of emerging issues, according to the CFPB, such as a pattern of overcharges for example, and seeing if they are related to a specific region, company or affiliate. (mortgageloan.com)
  • The CFPB suggests there would be several benefits to allowing complaint narratives to be made public. (mortgageloan.com)
  • If the Supreme Court affirms on the same grounds, this would not only imperil Cordray's appointment, but more critically could jeopardize the past work of the CFPB. (lawdragon.com)
  • The proposal would give them the option of publishing their complaint on the CFPB web site if they chose to do so. (mortgageloan.com)
  • Thus, the district court dismissed the claims even though it found that the allegations made by the CFPB and New York stated a claim for violation of the Act's antifraud provisions. (citizen.org)
  • According to the CFPB, PHH took the reinsurance fees as kickbacks in violation of RESPA. (hklaw.com)
  • The goals of the CFPB tell you what you should be concerned about as a consumer. (lifehacker.com)
  • The CFPB has PhD social scientists from different disciplines that design and conduct foundational, policy-relevant research on consumer finance and household behavior. (consumerfinance.gov)
  • This might explain why the CFPB failed to locate any individual consumer offended by Townstone's candid talk on the matter. (cei.org)
  • Kagan noted that in prior years, the CFPB has requested and received less than the maximum amount allowed under the law, but could develop programs in the future that require it to meet the cap. (cbsnews.com)