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CFPB Director Rohit Chopra provided remarks regarding the Supreme Court’s decision in CFPB v. CFSA.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against James R. Carnes and Melissa C. Carnes, both individually and as co-trustees of the James R. Carnes Revocable Trust and the Melissa C. Carnes Revocable Trust for hiding money through a series of fraudulent transfers in order to avoid paying more than $40 million in restitution and penalties for illegal payday lending activities.

CFPB tomó acción contra James Carnes y Melissa Carnes por ocultar dinero para evitar pagar más de $40 millones en restituciones y multas.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit today accusing payday lender ACE Cash Express of concealing free repayment plans from struggling borrowers. Because of ACE’s illegal practices, individual borrowers paid hundreds or thousands of dollars in reborrowing fees, when they were in fact eligible for free repayment plans.

Deputy Director Martinez delivered keynote remarks at the 2022 Consumer Assembly on June 15, 2022.

Deputy Director Martinez's remarks at the April 8, 2022 Academic Research Council.

A report published today by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) shows few payday loan borrowers are benefiting from no-cost extended payment plans, which are required to be offered to borrowers in the majority of states that do not prohibit payday lending.

CFPB Acting Director Dave Uejio issued a statement after the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas upheld the Payment Provisions in the CFPB’s 2017 rule on payday, vehicle title, and certain high-cost installment loans.

Acting Director Dave Uejio remarks at the Americans for Financial Reform’s Celebration of the CFPB’s 10 Year Anniversary.

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.

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

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau), the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs (South Carolina), and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge filed a lawsuit in federal district court in the District of South Carolina against Candy Kern-Fuller, Howard Sutter III, and Upstate Law Group LLC.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) and the Office of the Arkansas Attorney General today filed a proposed settlement with Andrew Gamber; Voyager Financial Group, LLC; BAIC, Inc.; and SoBell Corp.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today is proposing to rescind certain provisions of its 2017 final rule governing “Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans”.

Payday Lender Failed to Prevent Overcharges, Made Harassing Collection Calls to Borrowers’ References, Must Pay $100,000 Fine.

The CFPB filed a proposed settlement with a group of payday lenders and corporate officials based in Canada and Malta.

The Bureau expects to issue proposed rules in January 2019 that will reconsider the Bureau's rule regarding Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans and address the rule's compliance date.

Cash Express Made Misleading Representations to Consumers and Improperly Seized Money From Check-Cashing Transactions.

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP) has filed a complaint against Future Income Payments, LLC (FIP), and others.

Today a federal district court in the Western District of Missouri entered an Order effectuating a settlement between the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) and Richard Moseley, Sr., Richard Moseley, Jr., and 20 interrelated corporate entities controlled by Moseley, Sr. and Moseley, Jr., in the Bureau’s lawsuit regarding the unlawful origination and servicing of short-term, small-dollar online loans to consumers nationwide.

Triton Did Not Properly Disclose Terms and Conditions of Certain Loan Products, and Failed to Disclose Finance Charges in Advertisements.

Company Engaged In Improper Debt Collection and Credit Furnishing Practices.

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) today issued the following statement on the Payday Rule.

Bureau Alleges That Think Finance Deceived Consumers Into Paying Debts That Were Not Valid.

Lenders Must Determine If Consumers Have the Ability to Repay Loans That Require All or Most of the Debt to be Paid Back at Once.