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Category: Blog CFPB launches public comment process for open banking standard setter recognition
Category: Director's statement Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Justice Department’s Lawsuit Against Visa
Category: Blog Promoting competition in payments
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer Advisory: Video games are targeting your children to get into your wallet
Category: Press release CFPB Joins Federal Regulators to Propose Rule to Standardize Data Submitted to Federal Financial Agencies
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Costs of Electronic Payments in K-12 Schools
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Junk Fees Charged by School Lunch Payment Platforms
Category: Press release Reporte de la CFPB revela tarifas en almuerzos escolares | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Lanza Proceso para Reconocer Estándares de Banca Abierta | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Process to Recognize Open Banking Standards
Category: Blog Banks’ responsibility for scams
Category: Report Banking in video games and virtual worlds
Category: Report GAO-IG Act Reporting
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Stop New Junk Fees on Bank Accounts
Category: Press release La CFPB Propone Normativa para Detener el Cobro de Tarifas Inesperadas sobre Cuentas Bancarias
Category: Report Plain Writing Act Compliance Report 2023
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes New Federal Oversight of Big Tech Companies and Other Providers of Digital Wallets and Payment Apps
Category: Press release CFPB propone normativa para supervisar al Big Tech
Category: Director's statement Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Brookings Institution Event on Payments in a Digital Century
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Seth Frotman, General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Director, at New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund’s 14th Annual Financial Justice Summit
Category: Report Big Tech's Role in Contactless Payments: Analysis of Mobile Device Operating Systems and Tap-to-Pay Practices
Category: Press release Reporte de la CFPB Identifica Problemas Creados por el Aumento del Uso entre Militares de Aplicaciones Digitales de Pago
Category: Press release CFPB Report Identifies Issues with Increased Servicemember Use of Digital Payment Apps
Category: Press release Billones de Dólares en Aps de Pago Carecerían de Garantía Federal
Category: Press release CFPB Finds that Billions of Dollars Stored on Popular Payment Apps May Lack Federal Insurance
Category: Consumer advisories Consejos al consumidor: Su dinero está en mayor riesgo si lo mantiene en una aplicación de pago en vez de moverlo a una cuenta que tenga garantía de depósitos
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Analysis of Deposit Insurance Coverage on Funds Stored Through Payment Apps
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Your money is at greater risk when you hold it in a payment app, instead of moving it to an account with deposit insurance
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Director Seth Frotman at the Innovative Payments Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes New Consumer Protections for Homeowners Seeking Clean Energy Financing
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra at the April 2023 Financial Literacy and Education Commission
Category: Report FY 2022 Office of Minority and Women Inclusion Annual Report to Congress
Category: Report GAO-IG Act Reporting
Category: Blog Protecting people’s access to their money
Category: Report 2022 Annual Report of the CFPB Education Loan Ombudsman
Category: Report Plain Writing Act Compliance Report 2022
Category: Report Buy Now, Pay Later: Market trends and consumer impacts
Category: Blog Furnishers have an obligation to investigate consumer disputes
Category: Report The Convergence of Payments and Commerce: Implications for Consumers
Category: Press release CFPB and Justice Department Caution Auto Finance Companies about Servicemember Protections
Category: Press release Federal Regulators Fine Bank of America $225 Million Over Botched Disbursement of State Unemployment Benefits at Height of Pandemic
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Advisory to Protect Privacy When Companies Compile Personal Data
Category: Blog CFPB launches new system to promote consistent enforcement of consumer financial protections
Category: Blog Support Spanish-speaking customers with Spanish-language disclosures
Category: Blog Credit reporting companies and furnishers have obligations to assure accuracy in consumer reports
Category: Blog Busting myths about bankruptcy and private student loans
Category: Report GAO-IG Act Reporting
Category: Press release CFPB Moves to Thwart Illegal Auto Repossessions
Category: Report 2021 Annual Report of the CFPB Education Loan Ombudsman
Category: Report Plain Writing Act compliance report 2021
Category: Press release As Federal Eviction Protections Come to an End, CFPB Warns Landlords and Consumer Reporting Agencies to Report Rental Information Accurately
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Supervisory Findings of Wide-Ranging Violations of Law in 2020
Category: Director's statement Statement by CFPB Acting Director Dave Uejio on Impact of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Federal Holiday on Residential Mortgage Closings
Category: Press release CFPB Delays Mandatory Compliance Date for General Qualified Mortgage Final Rule
Category: Blog Protecting consumers through a pandemic: 2020 Fair Lending Report to Congress
Category: Press release CFPB Compliance Bulletin Warns Mortgage Servicers: Unprepared is Unacceptable
Category: Report GAO-IG Act Reporting
Category: Blog Bureau takes additional steps to foster an inclusive financial system
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues an Approval Order to Facilitate Employee Access to Earned but Unpaid Wages
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Approval Order to Facilitate the Use of Dual Usage Credit Cards
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finalizes Advisory Opinions Policy and Announces Two New Advisory Opinions
Category: Blog CFPB provides clearer rules of the road for RESPA marketing service agreements
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Policy Statement on Applications for Early Termination of Consent Orders
Category: Report Plain Writing Act compliance report 2020
Category: Press release CFPB Announces Consumer Financial Protection Week, Virtual Events Nationwide
Category: Speech Remarks by Director Kraninger During Consumer Data Industry Association Webinar
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Launches Pilot Advisory Opinion Program to Provide Regulated Entities Clear Guidance and Improve Compliance
Category: Blog Consumer reporting and the CARES Act
Category: Press release CFPB to Provide Additional Extension of Comment Period for Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Time Barred Debt
Category: Blog Protecting consumers and encouraging innovation: 2019 Fair Lending Report to Congress
Category: Report Fair Lending Report 2019
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Key Steps to Prevent Consumer Harm; Proposes Whistleblower Award Program, Other Measures
Category: Report GAO-IG Act Reporting
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Time-Barred Debt Disclosures
Category: Report 2019 BCFP Annual Employee Survey Results
Category: Report Annual Report on the TILA, EFTA, and CARD Act
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue No. 19 (Summer 2019)
Category: Press release CFPB Extends Comment Period for Debt Collection Proposal
Category: Report Sources and uses of data at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Outlines Plan to Review Rules Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces System for Prepaid Issuers to Submit Account Agreements
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Settles with USAA Federal Savings Bank
Category: Report 2018 BCFP Annual Employee Survey Results
Category: Press release Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Issues Report and RFI on the Bureau’s Sources and Uses of Data
Category: Blog Helpful tips for using mobile payment services and avoiding risky mistakes
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Request For Information On Its Guidance and Implementation Support
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Request For Information On External Engagements
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Request For Information On Supervision Processes
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Request For Information On Enforcement Processes
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Request For Information On Administrative Adjudications
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Changes to Prepaid Accounts Rule
Category: Report Consumer Protection Principles: Consumer-authorized financial data sharing and aggregation
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule To Stop Payday Debt Traps
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Payday Rule Press Call
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2017
Category: Press release CFPB Warns Companies Against Tricking Consumers Into Expensive Pay-By-Phone Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Seeks Comment on Proposed Changes to Prepaid Rule
Category: Press release CFPB Warns Financial Companies About Sales and Production Incentives That May Lead to Fraud or Consumer Abuse
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues Payment Processor For Enabling Unauthorized Withdrawals And Other Illegal Acts By Clients