CFPB Makes Narratives in Complaint Database Public
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has made the consumer narratives collected by its controversial complaint database publicly available. In March, the CFPB formalized its policy for accepting and disclosing the complaint narratives. Last week, more than 7,700 of those complaints—lodged against banks, credit card companies, and other consumer-dealing financial ...
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