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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.

CFPB Director Chopra’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a meeting of the Consumer Advisory Board.

CFPB Director Chopra’s remarks at a meeting of the FDIC Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion to discuss the 2021 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households.

Proposals under consideration would fuel market competition and strengthen consumer data rights.

Prepared remarks of CFPB Director Chopra at the financial technologies conference Money 20/20.

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra’s statement on a notice of proposed rulemaking to reduce bailout risk among a group of systemically important financial institutions and guard against increasing concentration in banking.

The CFPB, the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced the 2023 threshold for exempting loans from special appraisal requirements for higher-priced mortgage loans.

The Federal Reserve Board and the CFPB announced the dollar thresholds used to determine whether certain consumer credit and lease transactions in 2023 are exempt from Regulation Z and Regulation M.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a final rule to help survivors avoid some of the financial consequences of human trafficking. The CFPB has established, among other things, a method for survivors of trafficking to submit documentation to credit reporting companies that identifies any adverse item of information that resulted from human trafficking. The rule prohibits credit reporting companies from providing a report containing the adverse items of information.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interpretive rule that describes states’ authorities to pursue lawbreaking companies and individuals that violate the provisions of federal consumer financial protection law. Because of the crucial role states play in protecting consumers, the Consumer Financial Protection Act grants their consumer protection enforcers the authority to protect their citizens and otherwise pursue lawbreakers.

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.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is using its rulemaking authority to propose that consumer reporting agencies (CRAs) do not prevent survivors of human trafficking from achieving financial independence. The proposed rule would protect survivors of human trafficking by preventing CRAs from including negative information resulting from abuse. Congress required the CFPB to issue rules as part of the recently-enacted Debt Bondage Repair Act.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today made it easier for the public to meaningfully engage with the agency and request regulatory changes. Starting today, members of the public can submit petitions for rulemaking directly to the CFPB. The petitions will be posted on public dockets for review and comment.

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.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today finalized a rule facilitating the transition away from the LIBOR interest rate index for consumer financial products. The rule establishes requirements for how creditors must select replacement indices for existing LIBOR-linked consumer loans after April 1, 2022.

In the years leading up to the subprime crisis, one opaque and easily manipulable index, LIBOR, came to dominate adjustable rate home mortgage loan contracts. In the wake of the crisis, we learned that large international banks had conspired to set the LIBOR rate in order to conceal weaknesses in the financial system and to boost their bottom line.

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.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today released an interpretive rule to assist the mortgage industry in determining whether to treat June 19, 2021, as a federal holiday or a business day for purposes of compliance with certain time-sensitive borrower protections.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced that two final rules issued under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) will take effect as planned, on November 30, 2021.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today finalized amendments to the federal mortgage servicing regulations to reinforce the ongoing economic recovery as the federal foreclosure moratoria are phased out and which will help protect mortgage borrowers from unwelcome surprises as they exit forbearance.

On June 18, 2021, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Acting Director Dave Uejio issued the following statement on the impact of the Juneteenth National Independence Day federal holiday on residential mortgage closings.