Consumer Protection Regulation

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was created to ensure strong consumer protections, but the agency has been under attack since its inception.

The Threat to the CFPB – and How You Can Help

February 12, 2025

Address the latest challenges to the nation’s top consumer watchdog’s independent funding structure and to its mission to protect consumers in the financial marketplace.

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April 9, 2025
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White House Launches New Attack on CFPB and Nation’s Consumers 

February 17, 2026

American Banker: Experts weigh whether CFPB database tweaks help or hurt

February 13, 2026

CFPB Takes Steps to Reduce the Number of People Who Seek Help from the Consumer Agency

February 9, 2026

ICE Has Created a Disaster in Minnesota; The Financial Services Industry Can Help

February 9, 2026

American Banker: CFPB warns consumers about filing credit bureau disputes

February 5, 2026

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Moves to Protect Credit Reporting Companies from Consumers’ Complaints

January 30, 2026

Comments Supporting the CFPB Complaints System

December 29, 2025

Trump Administration Proposal to Gut ECOA Would Resurrect Lending Hurdles for Women, Black People, Veterans, and Native Americans

December 16, 2025

Comments to the CFPB on the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B Proposed Rule

December 15, 2025

Comments & Letters

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Comments Supporting the CFPB Complaints System

December 29, 2025

Comments to the CFPB on the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and Regulation B Proposed Rule

December 15, 2025

Coalition Comment Urging CFPB to Keep a Strong Personal Financial Data Rights Rule

October 21, 2025

Comments to CFPB on the Legal Standard Applicable to Risk-Based Supervisory Designations

September 25, 2025

Defining Larger Participants of the Consumer Debt Collection Market

September 22, 2025

Comments Opposing CFPB Proposal to Reduce Number of Consumer Reporting Agencies Supervised by the Bureau

September 22, 2025

Comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Regarding Defining Larger Participants of the Auto Financing Market

September 22, 2025

Group Comments to CFPB Opposing a Reduction in the Number of Companies Deemed Larger Participants

September 22, 2025

Coalition Comment on the CFPB’s Proposed Rule Amending the Civil Penalty Fund Rule

July 18, 2025

Reports

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Unfair Debts With No Way Out: Consumers Share Their Experiences With Rental Debt Collectors

October 7, 2022

White Paper on Immediate Actions the CFPB Can Take to Address the COVID-19 Crisis

April 6, 2020

Why the CFPB Should Ban Zombie Debt

January 20, 2015

Strong Medicine Needed: What the CFPB Should Do to Protect Consumers from Unfair Collection and Reporting of Medical Debt

September 20, 2014

Time to Update the Credit Practices Rule

December 1, 2010

Issue Briefs

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Fact Sheet: CFPB Proposes To Gut Credit Discrimination Protections

November 19, 2025

FAQs on CFPB’s Rule on Overdraft Lending: Very Large Financial Institutions

March 19, 2025

Legislative Attacks on CFPB Erode Mandatory Funding, Compromise Independence, Weaken Integrity, and Roll-back Protections

February 24, 2025

CFPB Big Tech Payment App Oversight Rule Protects Personal Data and Reduces Fraud

February 20, 2025

The CFPB: Protecting Servicemembers and Veterans

February 4, 2025

The CFPB Medical Debt Collection Advisory Opinion Protects Consumers from Illegal Collection Practices

February 4, 2025

CFPB Fact Sheets (2024)

February 3, 2025

CFPB’s Medical Debt Credit Reporting Rule Is a Lifeline to 15M People

January 31, 2025

Overdraft Rule Returns $5 Billion in Big Bank Junk Fees to Consumers’ Pockets

January 29, 2025

Press Releases & News

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White House Launches New Attack on CFPB and Nation’s Consumers 

February 17, 2026

American Banker: Experts weigh whether CFPB database tweaks help or hurt

February 13, 2026

CFPB Takes Steps to Reduce the Number of People Who Seek Help from the Consumer Agency

February 9, 2026

ICE Has Created a Disaster in Minnesota; The Financial Services Industry Can Help

February 9, 2026

American Banker: CFPB warns consumers about filing credit bureau disputes

February 5, 2026

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Moves to Protect Credit Reporting Companies from Consumers’ Complaints

January 30, 2026

Trump Administration Proposal to Gut ECOA Would Resurrect Lending Hurdles for Women, Black People, Veterans, and Native Americans

December 16, 2025

Digital Library: What the CFPB’s Recent FCRA Preemption Guidance Gets Wrong

November 7, 2025

Bloomberg Law: US Law Overrides State Bans on Medical Debt Reporting, CFPB Says

October 27, 2025

Amicus Briefs

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Amicus Brief of Ten Consumer Advocacy Organizations in CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association of America

May 22, 2023

Amicus Brief in CFPB v. CFSA

May 16, 2023

Amicus Brief in Chamber v. CFPB

December 23, 2022

Amicus Brief: Seila Law v. CFPB

January 22, 2020

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