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Today, the CFPB announced that it is seeking public input on strengthening privacy protections and preventing harmful surveillance in digital payments, particularly those offered through large technology platforms.

Gaming marketplaces increasingly mirror banking and payment systems but use design tricks to encourage spending, and our children are often the primary audience. Here are steps to help protect your family.

The CFPB comment on the Department of Treasury’s Request for Information on Uses, Opportunities, and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in the Financial Services Sector.

Director Chopra joined an event hosted by Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo to announce a series of steps that the U.S. government and the financial sector are taking to safeguard risks to the financial system with respect to cloud service providers. The transcript has been slightly edited for clarity.

On July 17, 2023, Rohit Chopra, Director of the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission, announced the start of an informal dialogue between the European Commission and the CFPB on a range of critical consumer financial protection issues.

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra provided a statement on the Banking in Video Games and Virtual Worlds report.

The CFPB issued a report examining the growth of digital commerce in online video games and virtual worlds.

Today, a number of federal and state agencies released agency-specific action statements on tech capacity.

The CFPB is working to be a leader when it comes to building agency capabilities to address transformative technologies.

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra releases a statement in response to President Biden’s Executive Order to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data.

The CFPB notes that there are a few things that routinely come up, especially related to ensuring that startups and new businesses can emerge, bring their services to market, and challenge incumbents.

Over roughly a decade, digital payments, mostly conducted through mobile devices, rapidly became ubiquitous in China.

New Jersey has made great progress on a range of crucial consumer protection issues, from last year’s legislation providing important protections against predatory lending by for-profit schools to building momentum on basic debt collection standards to fighting off efforts to allow problematic earned wage access products.

The United States has a long history of recognizing the sanctity of protecting against unwanted intrusions into our homes and our lives.

Today, Rohit Chopra, Director of the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission, announced the start of an informal dialogue between the CFPB and the European Commission on a range of critical financial consumer protection issues.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today released a new issue spotlight on the expansive adoption and use of chatbots by financial institutions.

CFPB publica nuevo reporte destacando la exhaustiva expansión del uso de chatbots por las instituciones financieras.

Seth Frotman delivered remarks at the Innovative Payments Conference on May 9, 2023.

Director Chopra provided remarks on an interagency press conference to announce the Joint Statement on Enforcement Efforts Against Discrimination and Bias in Automated Systems.

Four federal agencies jointly pledged today to uphold America’s commitment to the core principles of fairness, equality, and justice as emerging automated systems, including those sometimes marketed as “artificial intelligence” or “AI,” have become increasingly common in our daily lives.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a policy statement that explains the legal prohibition on abusive conduct in consumer financial markets and summarizes over a decade of precedent.

CFPB emite declaración de políticas que explica la prohibición sobre el uso de conductas abusivas y resume más de una década de casos precedentes.

La CFPB ha lanzado una averiguación sobre las compañías que siguen y recolectan información personal de la gente.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has launched an inquiry into companies that track and collect information on people’s personal lives.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an advisory opinion to protect Americans from double dealing on digital mortgage comparison-shopping platforms. Companies operating these digital platforms appear to shoppers as if they provide objective lender comparisons, but may illegally refer people to only those lenders paying referral fees.