Congress established the CFPB to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance industry.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has hit U.K.-based remittance company Wise with about a $2 million fine for what it described as “a series of illegal actions.” Those actions ...

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On January 13, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a new proposed rule attempting to ban certain contractual provisions in "take it or leave it" consumer contracts that purport ...

Since Oct. 1, the CFPB has issued six proposed rules and four final rules, and filed or issued no fewer than 20 lawsuits and enforcement actions, according to Crane. “That’s just a lot of activity in ...

That's according to the latest report from DeVoe & Company, which found that by the end of the year, dealmakers had notched a record 272 transactions ... DeVoe's Q4 2024 Deal Book highlighted ...

A Hamptons vacation and a prank gone wrong anchor Burke’s new book, “The Note.” It started with real life. The travel writer and essayist discusses his new book, “Aflame,” about his ...

In 2022, the CFPB said it spotted violations across some of Wells Fargo’s consumer product lines, leading to billions of dollars in financial harm. The agency alleged that the bank had ...

On March 5, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule limiting the penalty for late payment to $8 per incident, down from an industry average of $32. It is expected to ...