Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Outlines Bank Supervision Approach
The consumer agency will conduct examinations to help ensure that consumer financial practices at large banks conform with consumer financial protection...
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Statement by Holly Petraeus to the forum, Fighting on the Homefront: Wrongful Foreclosures Against Military Families
Congress, in creating the OSA, recognized that protecting our servicemembers from suffering financial repercussions for answering the call to service is not...
Testimony of Raj Date Before the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
The Bureau will work to promote fairness, transparency, and competition in the markets for mortgages, credit cards, and other consumer financial products...
CFPB and Military’s Top Uniformed Lawyers Release Joint Statement of Principles
Partnership Between CFPB and the Offices of the Judge Advocate Generals Will Help Better Protect Servicemembers and their Families from Unlawful Acts and...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Seeks Public Input On Key Element Of Nonbank Supervision Program
To prepare for this eventual rulemaking, the CFPB is seeking public input through a Notice and Request for Comment, which identifies six markets for...
Rutgers School of Law Commencement Address
Rutgers opens doors. Students come here from different backgrounds and have different experiences here, but one way or another, this place opens doors.
Testimony of Elizabeth Warren Before the Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services, and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs
I came to Capitol Hill on many occasions to testify on behalf of the COP about our oversight efforts. Based on that experience working on behalf of...
CFPB Announces Initiative to Combine Mortgage Loan Disclosures
The Bureau today announced the Know Before You Owe project, an effort to combine two federally required mortgage disclosures into a single, simpler form...
Treasury Department Announces Senior Leadership Hires for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Elizabeth Warren, Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the CFPB, highlighted the selection of Sendhil...
Testimony of Hollister K. Petraeus Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
Consider this mandate to educate servicemembers and their families to be one of the OSA's highest priorities. In my years working with servicemembers and...
CFPB and National Association of Attorneys General Presidential Initiative Working Group Release Joint Statement of Principles
The first step in forging a new partnership between federal and state officials to protect consumers of financial products and services.
Remarks to the National Association of Attorneys General Presidential Initiative Summit
Rich usually heads in smart directions, so I thought I'd follow his lead and pick up where he left off by discussing in greater detail how the CFPB can...
Remarks to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers
For the past six months, I've been hard at work setting up the new CFPB. Accountability has been an integral part of my job...
Treasury Department Announces Senior Hires for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Elizabeth Warren, Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the CFPB, highlighted the selection of Catherine West...
Remarks to U.S. Chamber of Commerce Fifth Annual Capital Markets Summit
But I do not consider myself in hostile territory right now because I believe we share a point of principle: Competitive markets are good for consumers and...
Remarks to the Independent Community Bankers of America
You have made it clear that community banks strive to build their businesses around serving their customers in open and fair ways.
Testimony of Elizabeth Warren Before the House Financial Services Committee
Today, we are pleased to report that we firmly believe in the importance of making prices clearer, making risks more obvious, and cutting back on the fine...
Building the New Consumer Bureau
The consumer bureau's mission is to make sure consumers have the information they need – upfront, not buried in fine print – to make the best choices about...
Partnering: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and State Attorneys General
it is our objective to make sure that markets for consumer financial products and services operate transparently and efficiently to facilitate access and...
Remarks at Credit Union National Association Governmental Affairs Conference
I am committed to building a consumer credit market that works—a market that works for American families, works for the financial services industry, and...
Joanne Alter Women in Government Lecture
It is an honor to be here to commemorate Joanne Alter, whose commitment to meaningful change – both inside and outside of government, despite all odds –...
The CARD Act: One Year Later
The CARD Act was designed to reduce surprises in re-pricing of accounts and to take a major step in improving the overall transparency of credit card costs.
Treasury Department Announces Permanent Headquarters of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced that the future permanent headquarters of the Bureau will be located at 1700 G Street NW in Washington...
Treasury Department Announces Senior Hires for CFPB Implementation Team
Elizabeth Warren, Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury for the CFPB,highlighted the selection of Raj Date to...
Remarks at Consumers Union’s 75th Anniversary Celebration
It is a great pleasure to be here to celebrate this anniversary and to thank you for all you have done to make markets work for consumers, for lenders that...
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