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The Bureau released the first results from the Making Ends Meet survey.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a complaint in the federal district court for the Central District of California against GST Factoring, Inc., which runs a student-loan debt-relief business in Texas, and two of its owners, Rick Graff and Gregory Trimarche, as well as Champion Marketing Solutions, LLC, a customer service and marketing company, and its owner, Scott Freda.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report examining recent trends in debt settlement and credit counseling.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau settled with Timemark, Inc., a company based in Deerfield Beach, Florida, that provides debt-relief services to consumers with federal student-loan debt, and with its owners and officers, Timothy Lenihan, Sr., Mark Nagler, and Casey Gassaway.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today ratified most regulatory actions the Bureau took from January 4, 2012 through June 30, 2020.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today issued a final rule concerning small dollar lending in order to maintain consumer access to credit and competition in the marketplace.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathleen L. Kraninger today announced that Thomas Pahl will serve as the Deputy Director of the Bureau.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit against My Loan Doctor LLC, a Delaware financial-services company operating in West Palm Beach, Florida and New York City and doing business as Loan Doctor, and its founder, Edgar Radjabli.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced the launch of Consumer Financial Protection Week which will take place from July 14, 2020, through July 17, 2020.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would amend Regulation Z to provide a new exemption available to certain insured depository institutions and insured credit unions from the requirement to establish escrow accounts for certain higher-priced mortgage loans.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will host joint, virtual Innovation Office Hours, July 29-30, as part of the American Consumer Financial Innovation Network.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) announced the Bureau’s first-ever Tech Sprint series to reduce regulatory burden and improve consumer understanding and engagement of financial services and products.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today announced the availability of data on 2019 mortgage lending transactions at 5,508 U.S. financial institutions covered by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interpretive rule to provide guidance to creditors and other persons involved in the mortgage origination process about the way in which the Bureau determines which counties qualify as “underserved” for a given calendar year.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau settled with Harbour Portfolio Advisors, LLC; National Asset Advisors, LLC; and National Asset Mortgage, LLC, companies that worked together to issue contracts for deeds to consumers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued today an interim final rule (IFR) that will make it easier for consumers to transition out of financial hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and easier for mortgage servicers to assist those consumers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued two Notices of Proposed Rulemaking to address the impending expiration of the Government-Sponsored Enterprises Patch (GSE Patch).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launched a pilot advisory opinion program to publicly address regulatory uncertainty in the Bureau’s existing regulations.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released an online resource to help communities form networks to increase their capacity to prevent and respond to elder financial abuse.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took steps to facilitate the transition away from LIBOR for consumers and regulated entities.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors issued joint guidance to mortgage servicers to assist in complying with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act provisions granting a right to forbearance to consumers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took action to help consumers receive relief during the pandemic more quickly from their credit card issuer.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a settlement with Main Street Personal Finance, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a first-of-its-kind study examining the financial resources and expenses of retirees during the first five years of retirement among Americans who retired between 1992 and 2014.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey today jointly filed a lawsuit against Commonwealth Equity Group, LLC, which does business as Key Credit Repair, and Nikitas Tsoukales (also known as Nikitas Tsoukalis), Key Credit Repair’s president and owner.