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Give credit to the Mamdani administration for two new consumer protection rules, one just finalized and one in progress, that will make the lives of New Yorkers easier.One is calle...

CFPB Ends Publication of Consumer Complaint Narratives and Data Visualizations

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on August 14, 2026, that it will cease its discretionary publication of consumer complaint narratives and associated data visuali...

CFPB Now Requires ID Verification to File a Complaint

CFPB now requires email and phone verification to file complaints, steering credit disputes to Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion first. Advocates object. The post CFPB Now Requires...

Deputy Director Paoletta Assumes CFPB Acting Director Role

NFHA Amends Challenge to CFPB’s Regulation B Rule, Adding New Attack on Agency’s Rulemaking Process

The National Fair Housing Alliance (“NFHA”) and three other plaintiffs have amended their lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s recently issued amendments to Regulation B under the Equal...

Awaiting the CFPB’s next act ahead of Vought’s departure

With Vought authority ending Aug. 1, the CFPB awaits Brian Johnson’s nomination as states expand enforcement and lenders seek clarity.

YOU HAVE THIRTY DAYS TO CONFESS, AND THE FTC WILL POST IT ON THE INTERNET- The Safeguards Rule Breach Report Non-Bank Le...

Every lender has a folder somewhere labeled, in spirit if not in ink, “things that happen to other companies.” Data breaches usually live in that folder. They are the sort of event...

CFPB Updates ECOA Baseline Review Procedures

Debate around CFPB's proposed mortgage disclosure rule changes rumbles on

Rescission rights and closing timelines are under review following Trump's executive order

Consumer Sentinel Data as a Business Law Tool for Measuring Consumer Financial Harm

Consumer fraud is often described as a compliance issue, a consumer protection problem, or a law enforcement priority. Those descriptions are accurate, but they can make the proble...

Vought defends CFPB cuts, calls for congressional reforms

In a testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Vought defended workforce reductions and regulatory changes.

What the CFPB's request for information on TRID means for brokers right now

Mortgage attorney says CFPB's TRID review a good first step, but bigger affordability changes are still ahead

How will Buy Now Pay Later changes affect you?

Consumers should be better protected as Buy Now Pay Later lenders now require authorisation to operate.

Senators question CFPB nominee Brian Johnson on Bureau’s future

CFPB nominee Brian Johnson faced Senate questions on independence, a dropped Capital One case and proposed examiner cuts.

City watchdog attacks consumer group in £9.1bn car loan payout battle

FCA clashes with Consumer Voice, alleging lack of transparency and conflict of interestThe City regulator is trying to get the only consumer group arguing for higher motor finance...

Senate Democrats press CFPB’s Vought over mass deletion of records

Senate Democrats have accused Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Russell Vought of stripping away key consumer protection resources and obscuring past enforcement...

Car buyers gain Ombudsman protection for Buy Now Pay Later

Car buyers using Buy Now Pay Later products will be able to take complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service from 15 July.

Democratic congressman asks the CFPB to investigate 'rent now, pay later' companies

A Democratic member of Congress is calling for the federal government to investigate the growing "rent now, pay later" industry, saying Americans may not understand the fees and co...

CHLA renews LO comp reform calls, urges other changes

Group submits fresh recommendations to CFPB

From Statute to FCA Supervision: Reforms to the CCA 1974

On 18 May 2026, HM Treasury published its long-anticipated policy statement on reform of the Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA 1974), confirming its intention to repeal many of the rem...

US consumer watchdog supervisor warned staff of 'unpleasant' fallout if they go too hard on firms

Consumer Groups Warn AI Provision In Crypto Bill Could Weaken State Regulators

Members of the Consumer Federation of America and the Public Investors Advocate Bar Association believe that a provision in the CLARITY Act would allow financial firms to test AI t...

FTC Abandons Disparate Impact and “Unfair Discrimination” Theories: A Major Shift in Federal Consumer-Protection Law

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken a major step toward dismantling two theories of discrimination. In a new Policy Statement Regarding Disparate-Impact Claims and “Unfair...

CFPB Nominee Says He Does Not Intend to Eliminate Bureau