The Bureau periodically releases policy guidance, including compliance bulletins, joint-agency memoranda, and other notices and guidance to inform and advise regulated entities.
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is issuing this Compliance Bulletin and Policy Guidance (Bulletin) on Supervision and Enforcement priorities regarding housing insecurity in light of heightened risks to consumers needing loss mitigation assistance in the coming months as the COVID-19 foreclosure moratoriums and forbearances end.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is issuing this bulletin to announce changes to how its examiners articulate supervisory expectations to supervised entities in connection with supervisory events.
The CFPB and the NCUA entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on January 14, 2021, to enhance cooperation and coordination between the agencies.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a policy statement on applications for early termination of administrative consent orders.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a statement on supervisory and enforcement practices regarding certain large loans under the regulations for Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans.
The Bureau does not intend to cite a violation in an examination or bring an enforcement action against a credit card issuer seeking to provide certain forms of relief during a phone call when the issuer does not obtain a consumer’s E-Sign consent.
The Bureau is issuing this statement to inform creditors of the Bureau’s flexible supervisory and enforcement approach during the COVID-19 pandemic regarding the timeframe within which creditors complete their investigations of consumers’ billing error notices.
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are issuing this statement to specifically encourage financial institutions to offer responsible small-dollar loans to both consumers and small businesses.
The Bureau is issuing this Bulletin to provide mortgage servicers clarity, facilitate compliance, and prevent harm to consumers during the transfer of residential mortgages.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued this statement providing flexibility on certain filing requirements under the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act and Regulation J.
The federal financial institution regulatory agencies and the state financial regulators issued a joint policy statement providing needed regulatory flexibility to enable mortgage servicers to work with struggling consumers affected by the Coronavirus Disease (referred to as COVID-19) emergency.
As of March 26, 2020, and until further notice, the Bureau does not intend to cite in an examination or initiate an enforcement action against any entity for failure to submit to the Bureau certain information relating to credit card and prepaid accounts.
This policy statement informs consumer reporting agencies and furnishers of the Bureau’s flexible supervisory and enforcement approach during this pandemic regarding compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and Regulation V.
As of March 26, 2020, and until further notice, the Bureau does not intend to cite in an examination or initiate an enforcement action against any institution for failure to report its HMDA data quarterly.
For remittances that occur on or after July 21, 2020, and before January 1, 2021, the Bureau does not intend to cite in an examination or initiate an enforcement action in connection with the disclosure of actual third-party fees and exchange rates against any insured institution that will be newly required to disclose actual third-party fees and exchange rates after the temporary exception expires and instead continues to provide estimated disclosures that would have been allowed under the temporary exception.
The federal financial institution regulatory agencies (the agencies), in consultation with state financial regulators, issued a revised interagency statement encouraging financial institutions to work constructively with borrowers affected by COVID-19 and providing additional information regarding loan modifications.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it is providing needed flexibility to enable financial companies to work with customers in need as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amends and reissues CFPB Bulletin 2013-06.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a policy statement providing a framework on how it intends to apply the abusiveness standard in supervision and enforcement matters.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is issuing this statement regarding Certified Community Development Financial Institutions receiving Federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund.
This Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”), dated as of Feb. 25, 2019, is made and entered into by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”). This MOU is intended to facilitate the fulfillment of the Agencies’ responsibilities in a manner consistent with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank Act”).
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) is issuing this bulletin to announce changes to how it articulates supervisory expectations to institutions in connection with supervisory events.
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) recognizes the serious impact major disasters or emergencies have on consumers and the operations of many supervised entities. Existing laws and regulations provide supervised entities regulatory flexibility to take certain actions that can benefit consumers in communities under stress and hasten recovery. The Bureau will also consider the impact of major disasters or emergencies on supervised entities themselves when conducting supervisory activities.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing this statement to advise our supervised entities that the CFPB encourages them to work with consumers affected by Hurricane Maria to make use of existing regulatory flexibility where doing so would benefit consumers affected by this major disaster.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is updating its statement on Hurricane Harvey to also address Hurricane Irma. The CFPB advises our supervised entities that we encourage them to work with consumers affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma to make use of existing regulatory flexibility where doing so would benefit consumers affected by these major disasters.
