The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a request for information to examine the impact of the rules that implement the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009.
Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a notice on how it plans to periodically review regulations under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) and to request public input.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today announced a settlement with Enova International, Inc., an online consumer lender based in Chicago, Illinois.
Five federal financial institutions regulators and state regulators encourage financial institutions to work with consumers affected by the federal government shutdown.
Good morning. Thank you Ruth for the introduction and for inviting the Bureau to be a part of this year’s Consumer Empowerment Conference. Consumer Action has graciously invited Bureau employees to speak at this event in years past, and I am honored to continue this tradition. And I am especially happy to return to my roots here in the Midwest.
Bureau Seeks to Ensure a Workable Data Aggregation Market That Gives Consumers Protection and Value
Thank you for joining us. After a long process of research, outreach, and review of over one million public comments, the Consumer Bureau today has issued a rule aimed at stopping debt traps on payday and auto title loans. The rule is guided by the basic principle of requiring lenders to determine upfront whether people can afford to repay their loans.
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
For more than five years now, I have had the honor to serve our country as the first director of the new U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. In that time, we have built a brand-new federal agency from scratch. And we have sent a strong message to the banks and large financial companies that in a frank and fair way we are pushing them to clean up their act and put their customers first.
Bureau Concerned About Companies Misleading Consumers About Pay-By-Phone Fees, Keeping Them in the Dark About Much Cheaper Options
Bureau Report Outlines Accuracy and Other Issues That Bureau Supervision Has Taken Action to Address
Welcome to this meeting of the Consumer Advisory Board. We find great value in the dialogue we have with our CAB members, who share with us their perspective, their expertise, and their experience. All of that improves our work in many ways. We are here together because each of us cares deeply about how consumers are being treated in the consumer financial marketplace. Today, I want to talk to you specifically about some of the work we are doing and the tangible progress we are making in the consumer reporting marketplace.
Report Also Includes In-Depth Look at Consumer Complaints from Oklahoma
Unchecked Incentives Can Produce Unauthorized Account Openings, Deceptive Sales Tactics, and Other Illegal Practices
Bureau Also Obtains a Temporary Restraining Order to Halt Illegal Operation and Freeze Assets of Operation’s Leaders WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the ringleaders of a robo-call phantom debt collection operation, their companies, and their service providers. The debt collectors, using various […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and 15 states announced a sweep against foreclosure relief scammers that used deceptive marketing tactics to rip off distressed homeowners across the country. The Bureau is filing three lawsuits against companies and individuals that collected more than $25 million in illegal advance fees for services that falsely promised to prevent foreclosures or renegotiate troubled mortgages. The CFPB is seeking compensation for victims, civil fines, and injunctions against the scammers. Separately, the FTC is filing 6 lawsuits , and the states are taking 32 actions.
More than 1 Million Consumers Were Potential Victims of Misleading Practices WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is ordering GE Capital Retail Bank and its subsidiary, CareCredit, to refund up to $34.1 million to potentially more than 1 million consumers who were victims of deceptive credit card enrollment tactics. At doctors’ and […]
Nonbanks subject to the rule are companies that offer or provide consumer financial products or services but do not have a bank, thrift, or credit union charter.
According to the CFPB complaint, the defendants, Mission Settlement Agency (Mission) and related entities and individuals, and Premier Consultant Group LLC (Premier) along with a related entity, routinely charged consumers upfront fees prior to settling the consumers’ debts.
Today’s proposed rule would expand that supervision to certain nonbanks. The rule would define certain nonbank student loan servicers as “larger participants” and would allow the Bureau to oversee their activity for compliance with federal consumer financial laws.
We have done good work together, and we have much more good work ahead of us. And so I want to start by thanking all of you for your help and your leadership, which has improved our work immensely.
The Consumer Bankers Association and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have enjoyed a cooperative working relationship since the Bureau’s inception which I believe has benefited us both.
“This is an important step in the development of our nonbank supervision program,” said CFPB Director Richard Cordray. “This proposal allows us to reach nonbanks that we would not otherwise supervise, while providing industry with a streamlined process that is fair and efficient.”
The Bureau will take a close look at service providers’ interactions with consumers. It will hold all appropriate companies accountable when legal violations occur.
