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The CFPB explained how companies operating comparison-shopping tools can break the law when they steer consumers to certain products or lenders because of kickbacks.

CFPB Director Rohit Chopra releases a statement in response to President Biden’s Executive Order to protect Americans’ sensitive personal data.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today published an order establishing supervisory authority over installment lender World Acceptance.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today reported on the first set of results from the newly updated Terms of Credit Card Plans survey.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a procedural rule updating the process by which financial institutions can appeal supervisory findings.

FFIEC Statement on Examination Principles Related to Valuation Discrimination and Bias in Residential Lending

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau resolved an appeal in a long-running enforcement suit against a foreclosure relief scam operation for $12 million.

CFPB resuelve apelación en una demanda por $12 millones que tenía tiempo en proceso, contra una operación de estafa con alivio de ejecución hipotecaria.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed to block financial institutions from one potential source of new junk fee revenue – fees on instantaneously declined transactions.

CFPB propone bloquearles a las instituciones financieras una potencial fuente de ingresos por nuevas tarifas inesperadas; las penalidades por transacciones declinadas instatáneamente.

CFPB y Siete Fiscales Generales Estatales demandan a la Empresa Strategic Financial Solutions por Estafar por más de $100 Millones a Familias en Dificultades Financieras

The CFPB and state attorneys general sued Strategic Financial Solutions and its web of shell companies for running an illegal debt-relief enterprise.

The CFPB today proposed a rule to rein in excessive overdraft fees charged by the nation’s biggest financial institutions.

CFPB propone normativa para regir las excesivas penalidades por sobregiros, cobrados por las instituciones financieras más grandes de la nación.

Director Chopra delivered remarks on the CFPB’s proposed overdraft lending rule.

CFPB emitió directrices para las compañías de informes de crédito para que resuelvan la emisión de reportes de antecedentes inexactos, así como inapropiadas prácticas para la entrega de archivos crediticios.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued guidance to consumer reporting companies to address inaccurate background check reports, as well as sloppy credit file sharing practices.

CFPB publicó reporte de actualidad sobre prácticas de administración de préstamos estudiantiles, luego de la reanudación de los pagos a los préstamos federales.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an issue spotlight today on the CFPB’s oversight of student loan servicing practices in the early months of the resumption of federal student loan repayments after over three years of a payment pause due to the COVID-19 emergency.

In March 2020, the federal government announced that payments in connection with federal student loans owned by the U.S. Department of Education would be suspended, and interest would be waived for the duration of the suspension.

CFPB y Departamento de Justicia demandan a la compañía desarrolladora y prestamista Colony Ridge por hacer ofertas falsas y ofrecer financiamiento predatorio.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Justice Department sued Colony Ridge for operating an illegal land sales scheme and targeting Hispanic borrowers.

Director Chopra delivered remarks on the joint CFPB/DOJ action against Colony Ridge.

The FDIC Board of Directors is voting on a final rule to update the framework governing official FDIC signs and advertising requirements, as well as misrepresentations related to federal deposit insurance.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued a new report finding that many consumers are still being hit with unexpected overdraft and nonsufficient fund (NSF) fees, despite recent changes implemented by banks and credit unions that have eliminated billions of dollars in fees charged each year.