By Joe Mont2015-06-26T10:30:00
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 ...
2015-07-14T12:30:00Z By Joe Mont
Image: “Unfair and deceptive practices” have long been an enforcement area for consumer protection. Now the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is adding an A for “abusive”—and taking away clarity for financial firms about what its UDAAP standard exactly means. “There is no list of clear black-and-white rules, and that’s what ...
2025-08-27T14:11:00Z By Adrianne Appel and Oscar Gonzalez
Synapse Financial Technologies, the troubled California fintech software provider, has agreed to let the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) eventually file a claim on its bankrupt estate.
2025-08-06T14:00:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The Trump administration declawed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from the very beginning of his second term. It now appears the agency might be running out of money.
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