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
February 13, 2025
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Consumer Laws Unaffected by CFPB’s Withdrawal of Guidance

May 14, 2025

Digital Library: Continued Vitality of 67 Withdrawn CFPB Guidance Documents

May 13, 2025

Court Grants Consumer Groups Authority to Defend CFPB Rule to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports

May 9, 2025

House Panel Votes to Eviscerate Consumer Watchdog, Siding With Fraudsters and Cheats

May 1, 2025

349 Organizations Urge Congress to Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

April 29, 2025

U.S. District Court Pauses Mass Firings at CFPB 

April 18, 2025

CFPB Begins Firings and Ends Oversight of Nonbanks, Big Tech, and Critical Consumer Protection Areas

April 17, 2025

Comment to the CFPB’s Request for Information Regarding the Collection, Use, and Monetization of Consumer Payment and Other Personal Financial Data

April 10, 2025

House Republicans Ignore Rising Prices, Vote to Keep $35 Big Bank Overdraft Fees

April 9, 2025

Comments & Letters

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349 Organizations Urge Congress to Support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

April 29, 2025

Comment to the CFPB’s Request for Information Regarding the Collection, Use, and Monetization of Consumer Payment and Other Personal Financial Data

April 10, 2025

National Consumer Groups Comments Urging the CFPB to Adopt Updated Credit Practices Rule

April 1, 2025

295 Groups Oppose Overturning Overdraft Fee Rule

March 31, 2025

Letter Opposing Resolution to Overturn CFPB Payment Apps Oversight Rule

March 31, 2025

291 Organizations Oppose S.J. Res. 36 (Rounds), H.J. Res 74 (Norman) to overturn CFPB’s Medical Debt on Credit Reports Rule

March 25, 2025

75+ Law Professors Urge Congress to Allow CFPB to Return to Work to Protect Consumers

March 6, 2025

Letter for the Record: Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, U.S. House Financial Services Committee, Hearing: “Building Our Future: Increasing Housing Supply in America.”

March 1, 2025

Letter in Opposition to Anti-Consumer Appropriations Riders

July 11, 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

Time to Update the Credit Practices Rule

December 1, 2010

Issue Briefs

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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

The CFPB Protects People From Abusive Debt Collection Practices

January 29, 2025

Press Releases & News

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Consumer Laws Unaffected by CFPB’s Withdrawal of Guidance

May 14, 2025

Digital Library: Continued Vitality of 67 Withdrawn CFPB Guidance Documents

May 13, 2025

Court Grants Consumer Groups Authority to Defend CFPB Rule to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports

May 9, 2025

House Panel Votes to Eviscerate Consumer Watchdog, Siding With Fraudsters and Cheats

May 1, 2025

U.S. District Court Pauses Mass Firings at CFPB 

April 18, 2025

CFPB Begins Firings and Ends Oversight of Nonbanks, Big Tech, and Critical Consumer Protection Areas

April 17, 2025

House Republicans Ignore Rising Prices, Vote to Keep $35 Big Bank Overdraft Fees

April 9, 2025

House Vote Could Keep Overdraft Fees High and Deny Oversight of Payment App Fraud

March 31, 2025

CFPB Allows Payday Lenders to Inflict Multiple NSF and Overdraft Fees on Struggling Consumers

March 28, 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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