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.

Consumer Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Constitutionality of the CFPB

May 16, 2023

The Fifth Circuit's decision in the case of CFPB vs. CFSA, if confirmed, would undermine the critical work of the CFPB.

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Featured

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Comments on Tenant Screening Request for Information by FTC and CFPB

May 30, 2023

Comments to the FTC-CFPB Tenant Screening Request for Information Submitted with the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice

May 30, 2023

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

May 22, 2023

Consumer Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Constitutionality of the CFPB

May 16, 2023

Amicus Brief in CFPB v. CFSA

May 16, 2023

Consumer Group Comments Supporting CFPB Proposal for $8 Credit Card Late Fees

May 3, 2023

Consumer Bureau Proposes $8 ‘Safe Harbor’ on Credit Card Late Fees

May 3, 2023

Bloomberg Law: “CFPB Warns Debt Collectors on Time-Barred ‘Zombie’ Mortgages

April 26, 2023

NCLC-CFA Comments in Response to CFPB Request for Information Regarding the Consumer Credit Card Market

April 24, 2023

Comments & Letters

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Comments on Tenant Screening Request for Information by FTC and CFPB

May 30, 2023

Comments to the FTC-CFPB Tenant Screening Request for Information Submitted with the Center for Survivor Agency and Justice

May 30, 2023

Consumer Group Comments Supporting CFPB Proposal for $8 Credit Card Late Fees

May 3, 2023

NCLC-CFA Comments in Response to CFPB Request for Information Regarding the Consumer Credit Card Market

April 24, 2023

Comments to the CFPB Regarding Registry of Supervised Nonbanks That Use Form Contracts to Impose Terms and Conditions That Seek to Waive or Limit Consumer Legal Protections

April 3, 2023

Group Comments of 65 Consumer Organizations on Registry of Supervised Nonbanks That Use Form Contracts to Impose Terms and Conditions That Seek to Waive or Limit Consumer Legal Protections

April 3, 2023

Group Comments of Ten Consumer Organizations on Registry of Supervised Nonbanks That Use Form Contracts to Impose Terms and Conditions That Seek to Waive or Limit Consumer Legal Protections

April 3, 2023

Letter to CFPB Regarding Repeat Offenders; Registry of Nonbank Financial Companies Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders

March 31, 2023

Petition for Rulemaking at CFPB Regarding Debt Collector Furnishing, Language Access, Credit Reporting Ombudsperson Office

March 3, 2023

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

Issue Briefs

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2023 Consumer Reform Priorities to Protect Tenants

January 23, 2023

2023 Credit & Consumer Reporting Priorities to Promote Economic Stability

January 18, 2023

2023 Consumer Protection Federal Priorities

January 13, 2023

Issue Brief: CFPB Changes Needed to Prevent New Debt Collection Rules from Hurting Consumers

January 1, 2021

The CFPB Must Issue Emergency Guidance on Debt Collection During the Pandemic

December 1, 2020

How Congress and the CFPB Can Protect Americans from Abusive Debt Collection

November 3, 2020

Time-Barred Debt Disclosures in CFPB’s Supplemental Rulemaking Fall Short

May 12, 2020

CFPB Debt Collection Rule Must Protect Consumers, Not Abusive Collectors

May 1, 2019

Servicemembers, Veterans, & Forced Arbitration: How the New CFPB Rule Enhances the Military Lending Act

September 1, 2017

Press Releases

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Consumer Groups Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Constitutionality of the CFPB

May 16, 2023

Consumer Bureau Proposes $8 ‘Safe Harbor’ on Credit Card Late Fees

May 3, 2023

CFPB to Host Field Hearing on “Zombie Second Mortgage Debt” in Brooklyn

April 20, 2023

CFPB Proposed Rule Would Require Transparency for Financial Corporations

April 3, 2023

NCLC Senior Attorney Sarah Bolling Mancini Appointed to CFPB Consumer Advisory Board

March 1, 2023

U.S. Supreme Court to Review Challenge to CFPB Funding

February 27, 2023

Advocates Praise CFPB, New York AG for Action Against Auto Finance Company

January 6, 2023

CFPB Report Shows Progress in Taming Credit Bureaus’ Mistreatment of Consumers

January 3, 2023

Coalition of Consumer Advocates Tells Court: Persistent Discrimination in Financial Services Industry is Unfair, Bad for Economy

December 23, 2022

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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