Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will not prioritize enforcement or supervision actions for entities that do not satisfy future deadlines to submit registration information under the regulation titled "Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject t

CFPB Seeks to Vacate Abusive, Unjust Case Against Townstone

On January 31, 2025, President Trump designated Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

The CFPB ordered the international remittance company Wise to pay nearly $2.5 million for a series of illegal actions.

Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its annual list of consumer reporting companies.

The CFPB took action against Equifax, the nationwide consumer reporting agency, for its failure to conduct proper investigations of consumer disputes.

The CFPB ordered Block, the operator of the peer-to-peer payments app Cash App, to refund consumers $120 million and pay a penalty of $55 million.

The CFPB proposes to amend Regulation V, which implements the FCRA, to protect consumer information in the consumer reporting marketplace, including information sold by data brokers.

The CFPB sued Capital One for cheating millions of consumers out of more than $2 billion in interest.