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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.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it issued two No-Action Letter (NAL) Templates under its innovation policies.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a report analyzing the complaints received during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it will provide an additional 60 days for the public to comment on its Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on time-barred debt disclosures.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a video to inform consumers that they may receive their Economic Impact Payment on a prepaid debit card starting this week.

To guide homeowners with federally backed loans through the process of obtaining mortgage relief, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a Consumer Relief Guide with borrowers’ rights to mortgage payment forbearance and foreclosure protection under the federal CARES Act.

On May 14, 2020, the Bureau, and Chou Team Realty, LLC, Thomas Chou, TDK Enterprises, LLC, Cre8labs, Inc., and Sean Cowell moved for entry of a stipulated final judgment.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a statement and FAQs outlining the responsibility of certain financial firms during the pandemic.

To ensure homeowners and renters have the most up to date and accurate housing assistance information during the COVID-19 national emergency, today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) launched the new mortgage and housing assistance website.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau settled with Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC (SLS), a mortgage-loan servicer in Colorado.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule covering remittances transfers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today issued clarifying FAQs to support small businesses who have applied for a loan from their financial institution under the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program.

A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report examining the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic found that consumer credit applications declined substantially in March.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) took steps to make it easier for consumers with urgent financial needs to obtain access to mortgage credit more quickly in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced the addition of a geospatial view to the Consumer Complaint Database.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today outlined practices to provide mortgage servicers clarity, facilitate compliance, and prevent harm to consumers during the transfer of residential mortgages.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released a video outlining the steps that non-filers need to take in order to receive their economic impact payments authorized by the CARES Act.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that the Consumer Advisory Board (CAB), Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC), the Credit Union Advisory Council (CUAC), and the Academic Research Council (ARC) will meet jointly on May 1st from 2:00 to 4:15 pm ET via conference call.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule raising the loan-volume coverage thresholds for financial institutions reporting data under the Home Mortgage Reporting Act (HMDA).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the Borrower Protection Program (the Program), a new joint initiative that enables CFPB and FHFA to share servicing information to protect borrowers during the coronavirus national emergency.