Here’s what the agency has been doing for U.S. consumers since it was created in 2011—and what could change if the current administration continues to scale back its budget, staff, and mission By ...
CFPB ensures financial markets fairness, focusing on rule enforcement and consumer education. Established post-2008 crisis, CFPB centralizes oversight of banking/lending practices. Investors benefit ...
Willie Sutton famously said he robbed banks “because that’s where the money was.” The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken the opposite approach: it goes where the money was taken—and ...
The political world’s atwitter speculating about what the Democratic debacle in Massachusetts will mean for health insurance reform. But the rapidly diminishing fortunes of the Senate Democrats are ...
US - State AGs Take The Lead On Key Consumer Protection Issues. Legal News and Analysis - USA - Regulatory & Compliance - ...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has begun a market sensitisation programme to protect consumers. The programme will take off in the Southwest markets to checkmate ...
Errors on credit reports. Unexpected bank and other “junk” fees. New financial products that conceal their true costs and terms. For help with those problems, millions of consumers in the U.S. have ...