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The economic and psychological damage inflicted by a crisis can linger for many years, and most people will not receive the type of extraordinary government assistance that large financial firms tend to receive.
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Rohit Chopra
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a new analysis on state Community Reinvestment Act laws, highlighting how states ensure financial institutions' lending, services, and investment activities meet the credit needs of their communities
The final rule should help increase investment and lending in historically excluded communities, including rural communities.
Private industry and governments around the world are preparing for how climate change will erode, degrade, or otherwise threaten our economic infrastructure.
One of the biggest challenges that banks face today is recruiting and retaining qualified employees.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a rule that would accelerate a shift toward open banking, where consumers would have control over data about their financial lives and would gain new protections against companies misusing their data.
Director Chopra discussed the CFPB’s proposed rule to activate a dormant authority under a 2010 law to accelerate much-needed competition and decentralization in banking and consumer finance by making it easier to switch to a new provider.
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Rohit Chopra
Across the country, Americans are working hard to create and provide products sold here at home and around the world.
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Rohit Chopra
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advisory opinion regarding a provision enacted by Congress which generally prohibits large banks and credit unions from imposing unreasonable obstacles on customers, such as charging excessive fees, for basic information about their own accounts.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights focused on the agency’s efforts to shutdown junk fees.
Over roughly a decade, digital payments, mostly conducted through mobile devices, rapidly became ubiquitous in China.
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Rohit Chopra
Director Chopra delivered remarks discussing the implosion of Lehman Brothers and the regulatory framework implemented by the CFPB.
The CFPB published a new issue spotlight highlighting the impacts of Big Tech companies’ policies and practices that govern tap-to-pay on mobile devices like smartphones and watches.
Like transportation, telecommunications, and energy, banking and payments are critical infrastructure of the economy that impacts all of us.
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Rohit Chopra
Last month, the FDIC Board of Directors voted to propose a rule that would reduce the risk of bailouts and financial crises stemming from large bank failures.
Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra, Member, FDIC Board of Directors, Regarding the Proposal to Strengthen the Resilience of America’s Largest Banks.
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered Bank of America to pay more than $100 million to customers for systematically double-dipping on fees imposed on customers with insufficient funds in their account.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued two new reports on the financial opportunities and challenges facing Southern communities.
Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its annual report on the top financial concerns facing military families. The report highlights the growth of digital payment app usage in the servicemember community, the unique risks to servicemembers from these services, and the potential abuse from bad actors.
Director Rohit Chopra's statement before the House Committee on Financial Services.
Director Rohit Chopra's statement before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today released a new issue spotlight on the expansive adoption and use of chatbots by financial institutions.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published an issue spotlight on digital payment apps heavily used by consumers and businesses.
Are you keeping money in your payment app? Consider moving it to a bank, credit union, or card account so it can be covered by federal deposit insurance.