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The Bureau periodically releases policy guidance, including compliance bulletins, joint-agency memoranda, and other notices and guidance to inform and advise regulated entities.

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CFPB Bulletin 2021-02: Supervision and Enforcement Priorities Regarding Housing Insecurity

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.
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Statement on Supervisory and Enforcement Practices Regarding Regulation Z Billing Error Resolution Timeframes in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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.
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Statement on Supervisory and Enforcement Practices Regarding the Remittance Rule in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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.
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Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Trade Commission

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”).