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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced today that its first symposium will be held on June 25 at 9 am.

Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) issued a Request for Information (RFI) on its Remittance Rule.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathleen L. Kraninger announced a symposium series exploring consumer protections in today’s dynamic financial services marketplace.

Thank you to our hosts for the invitation, and to all of you for coming today. I’m particularly honored to be at a forum focused on bringing people together from across the political spectrum to forge commonsense solutions for the pressing issues facing our Nation.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) released the annual report to Congress on the administration of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).

Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing.

The CFPB announced a streamlined electronic submission system for prepaid account issuers to submit their account agreements to the Bureau.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today is proposing to rescind certain provisions of its 2017 final rule governing “Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans”.

Joint release with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Joint release with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Remarks to Consumer Action (as prepared for delivery).

The Bureau expects to issue proposed rules in January 2019 that will reconsider the Bureau's rule regarding Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans and address the rule's compliance date.

Update Will Provide More Clarity Regarding Closing Cost Increases.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today issued a Request for Information (RFI) on the Bureau’s inherited regulations and inherited rulemaking authorities.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today issued a Request for Information (RFI) on the Bureau’s adopted regulations and new rulemaking authorities.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today issued a final rule to help mortgage servicers communicate with certain borrowers facing bankruptcy. The final rule gives mortgage servicers more latitude in providing periodic statements to consumers entering or exiting bankruptcy, as required by the Bureau’s 2016 mortgage servicing rule.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today issued a Request for Information (RFI) about the Bureau’s rulemaking processes.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today released its five-year Strategic Plan that establishes its mission, strategic goals, and strategic objectives.

Changes Provide More Flexibility and Extend Effective Date to April 2019.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today published the Request for Information (RFI) about the Bureau’s Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs) that was announced as part of Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s call for evidence last week.

Seeks Public Input on Ways to Better Fulfill Statutory Obligations.

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) today issued the following statement on the Payday Rule.

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.

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.

Bureau Also Seeks Comment on Separate Proposed Rule Modifying Timing Requirements for Bankruptcy Periodic Statements.