Today, the Bureau is taking steps to improve information reported about the residential mortgage market to help better understand borrowers' access to...
Advisory Offers Tips to Protect Accounts in Wake of Recent Payment Card Data Breaches Today the Bureau published a consumer advisory to help consumers...
The Bureau today ordered American Express to refund an estimated $59.5 million to more than 335,000 consumers for illegal credit card practices. These...
Bureau Finds a Continued Decline in College Credit Card Agreements Today, the Bureau called on financial institutions to publicly disclose agreements with...
Today the Bureau is ordering GE Capital Retail Bank and its subsidiary, CareCredit, to refund up to $34.1 million to consumers who were victims of deceptive...
The Bureau today released a report detailing how the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 (CARD Act) reduced penalty fees...
Thank you so much for being here with us today. I am always happy to be back in Chicago, where I spent three good years as a law student. We are hosting...
I'd like to express my gratitude to the Comptroller of the Currency, Tom Curry, for his leadership on this issue. The Bureau was created, in part, to make...
The Bureau ordered Chase Bank USA, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to refund an estimated $309 million to more than 2.1 million customers for illegal...
Credit reporting plays a critical role in consumers' financial lives. Credit reports on consumers' financial history and behavior can determine their...
Today's amendment, first proposed by the Bureau in October 2012, allows credit card issuers to consider income that a stay-at-home applicant, who is 21 or...
The report illustrates the ways we are using the tools Congress has provided us to empower consumers and promote a fair, transparent, and competitive...
Today's final rule is in response to a federal court ruling last year that had granted a preliminary injunction to block a part of the Board's 2011 rule...
Chairman Johnson, Ranking Member Crapo, and members of the Committee: I am honored to be here once again as the nominee to serve as the Director of the CFPB.
Today, we can talk about the work we have been doing – including work we have done together – to achieve those goals and we can talk about what lies ahead...
Since we first became an independent agency, the Consumer Bureau has been focused on the financial issues that are common to the everyday lives of most...
To better understand the market, the CFPB is publishing today a Notice and Request for Information on the topic of campus financial products. Campus...
Among the key takeaways in the report, which is one of the most comprehensive studies of credit reporting to date, are that credit card history dominates...
The report highlights the basic systems the credit reporting companies use to collect, organize, and maintain consumer credit information. It is based on...
Based on the adjustments announced today, the protections of the Truth in Lending Act and the Consumer Leasing Act generally will apply to consumer credit...
"This report underscores our work to address practices that are risky to consumers, as well as our continued commitment to making sure that institutions are...
Our proposal would add accessible income as a way to allow spouses and partners not working outside the home to qualify for credit and build their own...
Today's proposal would allow a stay-at-home spouse or partner to rely on shared income from his or her spouse or partner when applying for a credit card...
