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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new circular affirming that companies offering “negative option” subscription services must comply with federal consumer financial protection law.

CFPB Director Chopra’s statement on the proposed registry of contract terms used by supervised nonbank financial companies to prevent negative reviews or to limit consumers’ legal rights and protections.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule to establish a public registry of supervised nonbanks’ terms and conditions in “take it or leave it” form contracts that claim to waive or limit consumer rights and protections, like bankruptcy rights, liability amounts, or complaint rights.

La CFPB propone norma para establecer un registro público de los términos y condiciones ofrecidos por las entidades no bancarias en contratos “tómelo o déjelo”.

Today, the CFPB proposed requiring certain nonbank financial firms to register with the CFPB when they become subject to certain local, state, or federal consumer financial protection agency or court orders.

La CFPB propone exigir a firmas no bancarias registrase cuando sean sujetos a órdenes de agencias de protección financiera del consumidor u órdenes judiciales.

Los examinadores de la agencia encuentran violaciones a la ley en muchos productos y servicios financieros.

Agency examiners find legal violations across consumer financial products and services.

Blanket withholding of academic transcripts to pressure borrowers to pay cited as unlawful.

The Department of Justice and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a joint letter today reminding auto finance companies of their responsibilities to recognize important legal protections for military families under the Servicemembers Civil Rights Act (SCRA). While servicemembers have the same rights as non-military borrowers, the SCRA provides additional rights to protect servicemembers and their families against unique financial challenges.

Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its Supervisory Highlights report on legal violations identified during the CFPB’s supervisory examinations in the second half of 2021. The report details key findings across consumer financial products and services.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it is invoking a largely unused legal provision to examine nonbank financial companies that pose risks to consumers.

Millions of individuals from around the world sacrifice proximity to their loved ones to seek a better life and financial stability in our country. But they know that on the other side, when their money transfers are received, they are supporting elderly parents, siblings, spouses, and sometimes their own young children. Each year, American families send more than $100 billion abroad using international money transfers, also known as remittances.

La Oficina de Protección Financiera del Consumidor (CFPB, por sus siglas en inglés) y la Fiscal General de Nueva York, Letitia James, anunciaron hoy que presentarán una demanda contra MoneyGram International, Inc. y MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. (MoneyGram), uno de los mayores proveedores de remesas en los EE. UU., por violar sistemática y repetidamente varias leyes de protección financiera del consumidor y dejar a familias varadas.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced they are filing a lawsuit against MoneyGram International, Inc. and MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc. (MoneyGram)—one of the largest remittance providers in the U.S.—for systemically and repeatedly violating various consumer financial protection laws and leaving families high and dry.

消費者金融保護局（CFPB）和紐約州檢察長Letitia James今天宣佈，他們將對美國最大匯款服務公司之一MoneyGram International, Inc.和MoneyGram Payment Systems, Inc.（簡稱「速匯金」（MoneyGram））提起訴訟，因爲他們系統性地、反复地違反各種消費者金融保護法，讓家庭處於無助境地。該訴訟特別指控該公司未能及時向國外收款人匯款，從而導致客戶等待匯款。

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today sanctioned Edfinancial Services, a student-loan servicer, for making deceptive statements to student loan borrowers and misrepresenting their forgiveness and repayment options to them.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra issued a statement regarding Edfinancial and Student Loan Cancellation for Public Service.

Prepared remarks of Rohit Chopra at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued policy guidance regarding potentially illegal practices related to consumer reviews. The CFPB seeks to ensure that customers can write reviews, particularly ones posted online, about financial products and services that accurately reflect their opinions and experiences.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) launched an initiative to save households billions of dollars a year by reducing exploitative junk fees charged by banks and financial companies. Today’s request is a chance for the public to share input that will help shape the agency’s rulemaking and guidance agenda, as well as its enforcement priorities in the coming months and years.

This week, President Biden convened members of his cabinet and other agency heads to talk about actions we can take in a whole-of-government approach to spur competition in our economy.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it will begin examining the operations of post-secondary schools, such as for-profit colleges, that extend private loans directly to students.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today proposed a new rule designed to help small businesses gain access to the credit they need and deserve by increasing transparency in the lending marketplace.

Acting Director Dave Uejio remarks at the press call on the small business lending proposed rule.