Testimony of Holly Petraeus before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs
The Dodd-Frank Act authorizes the OSA to work in partnership with the Pentagon to see that military personnel and their families receive strong financial...
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Treasury Department Announces Launch of ‘Beta’ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Website
ConsumerFinance.gov, a critical link to the American public for soliciting ideas on the bureau's creation and priorities and for answering questions on its...
Treasury Department Announces General Counsel and Deputies for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Implementation Team
Elizabeth Warren, Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury for the CFPB, highlighted the selection of Len Kennedy to...
Hearing Directly from Our Servicemembers
We’ll ask questions, give out email addresses, and get started on a long-term conversation about money.
Welcoming Holly Petraeus to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Implementation Team
Holly Petraeus will take on a new role at the CFPB Implementation Team, directing our effort to establish an Office of Servicemember Affairs.
Treasury Department Announces Holly Petraeus to Establish Office of Servicemember Affairs for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The Office of Servicemember Affairs will seek to work in partnership with the Department of Defense to help ensure that: military families receive the...
Federal Consumer Agency to Partner with State Regulators on Supervision of Providers of Consumer Financial Products and Services, Including Mortgage Lenders, Private Student Lenders and Payday Lenders
The CFPB announces an effort to partner with state regulators in order to better oversee mortgage lenders.
Foreclosure Scandal Shows Need for Consumer Agency
The practices now under investigation took root and grew because there was no single federal regulator with both the responsibility and the tools to look out for consumers.
Priorities for the New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
It has a chance to define clear goals for the agency and a chance to set a direction that is good for families, good for those in the industry who want to...
Community Banks and the Consumer Agency
I also come away more convinced that the new consumer agency's push toward transparency in financial products can serve families and small financial...
Main Street First: Fixing Broken Markets and Rebuilding the Middle Class
I am also glad to help set this new agency on the path to strengthen the economic health of American families.
Standing Up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
I'm focused on three priorities: reforming the reams of paperwork involved in signing a home mortgage, moving to a short, easy-to-understand credit card...
It’s Time To Simplify Financial Regulation
The very early feedback I’ve received indicates that the industry is eager for simplification.
A New Approach to the Regulation of Consumer Credit
For the first time ever, both banks AND non-bank lenders will be subject to federal examination to ensure that they are all playing by the same rules.
Fighting to Protect Consumers
President Obama understands the importance of leveling the playing field again for families and creating protections that work not just for the wealthy or...
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