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Published OCT 07, 2015

New proposal to ban companies from using arbitration clauses as a free pass to avoid accountability

Buried in many contracts for consumer financial products are arbitration clauses that block consumers from seeking relief through class action lawsuits...

By Eric Goldberg

• • Arbitration
• • Rulemaking
• • SBREFA

Policy and compliance

Published MAR 26, 2015

Explainer: How small businesses play a role in the rulemaking process

We often hear many questions about how the rulemaking process works. We decided to write a series of posts that explain some key parts of the rulemaking...

By Dan Sokolov

• • Rulemaking
• • SBREFA

Policy and compliance

Published FEB 21, 2012

SBREFA, Small Providers, and Mortgage Disclosure

The CFPB is mindful that new statutory requirements we are implementing can burden as well as benefit small financial services providers. We use many...

By CFPB Mortgage Disclosure Team

• • Mortgages
• • SBREFA