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Category: Press release CFPB Orders Wise to Pay $2.5 Million for Illegal Remittance Practices
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Operator of Cash App to Pay $175 Million and Fix Its Failures on Fraud
Category: Press release CFPB Seeks Input on Digital Payment Privacy and Consumer Protections
Category: Blog LFG (Looking for gamers): CFPB wants to hear about your video game loot
Category: Press release CFPB Approves Application from Financial Data Exchange to Issue Standards for Open Banking
Category: Press release La CFPB demanda a bancos por fraude en Zelle | CFPB
Category: Speech Prepared Press Call Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Zelle Lawsuit Announcement
Category: Press release CFPB Sues JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo for Allowing Fraud to Fester on Zelle
Category: Press release CFPB Closes Overdraft Loophole to Save Americans Billions in Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Comerica Bank for Systematically Failing Disabled and Older Americans
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Rule on Federal Oversight of Popular Digital Payment Apps to Protect Personal Data, Reduce Fraud, and Stop Illegal “Debanking”
Category: Blog CFPB launches public comment process for open banking standard setter recognition
Category: Director's statement Statement of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Justice Department’s Lawsuit Against Visa
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to Stop Banks from Harvesting Overdraft Fees Without Consumers' Consent
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Seth Frotman at the Poverty Law Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Orders TD Bank to Pay $28 Million for Breakdowns that Illegally Tarnished Consumer Credit Reports
Category: Blog Promoting competition in payments
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer Advisory: Video games are targeting your children to get into your wallet
Category: Blog Preserving free access to money in your account
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Large Retail Chains Charging Cash-back Fees to Customers Using Debit and Prepaid Cards
Category: Press release Reporte revela tarifas en retiros de efectivo con tarjetas | CFPB
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Public Meeting of the Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Costs of Electronic Payments in K-12 Schools
Category: Press release CFPB Report Highlights Junk Fees Charged by School Lunch Payment Platforms
Category: Press release Reporte de la CFPB revela tarifas en almuerzos escolares | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Exams Find Loan Servicing Failures, Illegal Debt Collection Practices, and Issues with Medical Payment Products
Category: Press release Examenes de la CFPB encuentran fallas en productos y servicios financieros | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Lanza Proceso para Reconocer Estándares de Banca Abierta | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Process to Recognize Open Banking Standards
Category: Press release CFPB actúa contra Chime por retraso con reembolsos
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Chime Financial for Illegally Delaying Consumer Refunds
Category: Press release CFPB: consumidores pagan más por estructuras de precios complejas | CFPB
Category: Press release CFPB Publishes Research Finding Higher Price Complexity Leads Consumers to Pay More
Category: Office of Research Publication Price Complexity in Laboratory Markets
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights, Issue 33 (Spring 2024)
Category: Report Overdraft/NSF Revenue in 2023 down more than 50% versus pre-pandemic levels, saving consumers over $6 billion annually
Category: Report Banking in video games and virtual worlds
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Stop New Junk Fees on Bank Accounts
Category: Press release La CFPB Propone Normativa para Detener el Cobro de Tarifas Inesperadas sobre Cuentas Bancarias
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Close Bank Overdraft Loophole that Costs Americans Billions Each Year in Junk Fees
Category: Press release La CFPB Propone Normativa para Cerrar el Vacío Legal sobre los Sobregiros Bancarios que le Cuesta Miles de Millones de Dólares a los Consumidores del País
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Overdraft Lending Press Call
Category: Office of Research Publication Overdraft and Nonsufficient Fund Fees: Insights from the Making Ends Meet Survey and Consumer Credit Panel
Category: Report 2023 College banking and credit card agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Many College-Sponsored Financial Products Charge High and Unusual Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes New Federal Oversight of Big Tech Companies and Other Providers of Digital Wallets and Payment Apps
Category: Press release CFPB propone normativa para supervisar al Big Tech
Category: Director's statement Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Proposed Personal Financial Data Rights Rule
Category: Director's statement Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on a Press Call on Junk Fees
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Guidance to Halt Large Banks from Charging Illegal Junk Fees for Basic Customer Service
Category: Press release CFPB examina devolver $140 millones a consumidores
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights Junk Fees Update Special Edition, Issue 31, Fall 2023
Category: Report Vast majority of NSF fees have been eliminated, saving consumers nearly $2 billion annually
Category: Press release CFPB Exams Return $140 Million to Consumers Hit by Illegal Junk Fees in Banking, Auto Loans, and Remittances
Category: Press release CFPB Emite Directrices para Impedir que Grandes Bancos Cobren Tarifas Inesperadas Ilegales por Servicios Básicos de Atención al Cliente
Category: Director's statement Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra at the Brookings Institution Event on Payments in a Digital Century
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Seth Frotman, General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Director, at New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund’s 14th Annual Financial Justice Summit
Category: Blog Looking at credit scores only tells part of the story – cashflow data may tell another part
Category: Report Big Tech's Role in Contactless Payments: Analysis of Mobile Device Operating Systems and Tap-to-Pay Practices
Category: Press release Reporte de la CFPB Identifica Problemas Creados por el Aumento del Uso entre Militares de Aplicaciones Digitales de Pago
Category: Press release CFPB Report Identifies Issues with Increased Servicemember Use of Digital Payment Apps
Category: Press release Billones de Dólares en Aps de Pago Carecerían de Garantía Federal
Category: Press release CFPB Finds that Billions of Dollars Stored on Popular Payment Apps May Lack Federal Insurance
Category: Consumer advisories Consejos al consumidor: Su dinero está en mayor riesgo si lo mantiene en una aplicación de pago en vez de moverlo a una cuenta que tenga garantía de depósitos
Category: Report Issue Spotlight: Analysis of Deposit Insurance Coverage on Funds Stored Through Payment Apps
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Your money is at greater risk when you hold it in a payment app, instead of moving it to an account with deposit insurance
Category: Report Overdraft/NSF Revenue in Q4 2022 down nearly 50% versus pre-pandemic levels
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Guidance to Rein in Creation of Fake Accounts to Harvest Fees
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Director Seth Frotman at the Innovative Payments Conference
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Director Rohit Chopra at the April 2023 Financial Literacy and Education Commission
Category: Blog Mientras la deuda de tarjetas de crédito alcanza un nuevo pico, en la CFPB nos enfocamos en aumentar la competencia y reducir los costos
Category: Blog As outstanding credit card debt hits new high, the CFPB is focusing on ways to increase competition and reduce costs
Category: Testimony Testimony of CFPB Senior Advisor Brian Shearer on Junk Fees Before the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Consumer Protection, Technology, and Utilities Committee
Category: Report Banks’ overdraft/NSF fee revenue declines significantly compared to pre-pandemic levels
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Rein in Excessive Credit Card Late Fees
Category: Blog Protecting people’s access to their money
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds High Fees Charged on Student Banking Products Endorsed by Colleges
Category: Report 2022 College banking and credit card agreements
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Regions Bank to Pay $191 Million for Illegal Surprise Overdraft Fees
Category: Report Buy Now, Pay Later: Market trends and consumer impacts
Category: Report The Convergence of Payments and Commerce: Implications for Consumers
Category: Press release CFPB Fines U.S. Bank $37.5 Million for Illegally Exploiting Personal Data to Open Sham Accounts for Unsuspecting Customers
Category: Blog Banks’ overdraft/NSF fee revenues evolve along with their policies
Category: Press release Federal Regulators Fine Bank of America $225 Million Over Botched Disbursement of State Unemployment Benefits at Height of Pandemic
Category: Press release CFPB Moves to Reduce Junk Fees Charged by Debt Collectors
Category: Press release CFPB Initiates Review of Credit Card Company Penalty Policies Costing Consumers $12 Billion Each Year
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Director Chopra on Credit Card Late Fees ANPR Press Call
Category: Blog Measuring the impact of financial institution overdraft programs on consumers
Category: Blog Consumers on course to save $1 billion in NSF fees annually, but some banks continue to charge these fees
Category: Blog Overdraft fees can price people out of banking
Category: Office of Research Publication Credit card late fees
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Credit Card Companies Charged $12 Billion in Late Fee Penalties in 2020
Category: Blog CFPB Extends Opportunity for Public to Provide Input on Junk Fees
Category: Blog Comparing overdraft fees and policies across banks
Category: Blog The hidden cost of junk fees
Category: Report Justice-Involved Individuals and the Consumer Financial Marketplace
Category: Press release Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Launches Initiative to Save Americans Billions in Junk Fees
Category: Op-ed | Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on the Junk Fees RFI Press Call
Category: Blog Americans pay $120 billion in credit card interest and fees each year
Category: Office of Research Publication Data Point: Checking Account Overdraft at Financial Institutions Served by Core Processors


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