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The Dodd-Frank Act required that the CFPB integrate certain disclosures from the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act...

Our Office's statutory mandate is to help provide consumers aged 62 and over with the tools they need to protect themselves from financial abuse and to make...

The Bureau views this project as an important means of fulfilling its mandate under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to give...

We believe that good, consumer-friendly innovation holds great potential for achieving our mission of making the consumer finance market work again for...

The database will primarily be used to support the agencies' policymaking and research efforts and to help regulators better understand emerging mortgage...

"This report underscores our work to address practices that are risky to consumers, as well as our continued commitment to making sure that institutions are...

The marketplace can be a hostile place for those who are struggling to stay afloat, who may often pay higher prices for consumer goods, including financial...

Our proposal would add accessible income as a way to allow spouses and partners not working outside the home to qualify for credit and build their own...

Financial institutions expect borrowers to hold up their end of the bargain when it comes to mortgages and student loans. Shouldn’t we expect the same of them?

As we continue to emerge from the devastating fiscal crisis of 2007-2008, we now find that debt collection is a central issue of our times. Currently, about...

Today, the Consumer Bureau is issuing a new regulation to expand our supervision program to oversee these credit reporting companies. The authority to...

Consumer reporting agencies, which include what are popularly called credit bureaus or credit reporting companies, are private businesses that track a...

The hurdles they describe range from not being able to get the information they need, to being met with roadblocks when they do try to pursue their benefits.

Today's proposal would allow a stay-at-home spouse or partner to rely on shared income from his or her spouse or partner when applying for a credit card...

This guide seeks to present the rule and its requirements in an easy-to-read document to assist banks and non-banks alike.

According to the report, private student loan borrowers say they are sometimes surprised by the terms and conditions of their loans, they are given the...

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council today encouraged financial institutions to work constructively with borrowers affected by drought...

As you have heard, today's CFPB enforcement actions involve violations at three American Express entities and will return an estimated $85 million to...

This action is the result of a multi-part federal investigation which found that at every stage of the consumer experience, from marketing to enrollment to...

These 25 experts – drawn from outside the federal government, from around the United States, and from varying backgrounds – will provide advice to me and to...

The study found that about one out of five consumers would likely receive a meaningfully different score than would a lender.