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  • Agency Proposes Redress System for Fraud Victims 
    Courthouse News Service  12 Jun 2013
    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed the creation of a records system to track and manage payments to victims of financial fraud through the Civil Penalty Fund...
  • Regulators Try to Stop Financial Abuse of Seniors 
    Wall Street Journal  12 Jun 2013
    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. have created a new curriculum to help protect seniors from financial scams and fraud.
  • CFPB Report Raises Concerns on Overdraft Fees 
    Politico 11 Jun 2013
    A new report by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) says overdraft fees were charged to around 20 percent of checking accounts in 2011...
  • Rapid Growth of U.S. Mortgage Servicers Draws Scrutiny 
    Reuters 10 Jun 2013
    State regulators, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and some mortgage industry players have expressed concerns about the rapid growth of servicing companies...
  • CFPB Says NH Leads Country in Mortgage Complaints 
    New Hampshire Union Leader  08 Jun 2013
    New Hampshire, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Georgia, and Florida are the top states per capita for mortgage complaints, according to a national database of consumer complaints...
  • Debt-Collection Reform Urged 
    Columbus Dispatch (OH) 05 Jun 2013
    For the third time this year, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) has penned a letter appealing to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray to crack down on out-of-hand debt collectors...
  • Credit Report Complaints Highlight Errors 
    CreditCards.com  04 Jun 2013
    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began fielding gripes concerning credit reports last October and on May 31 released detailed information on those grievances, which account for 6,736 of the 113,000 records in the CFPB's Consumer Complaint Database so far...
  • CFPB Releases Procedures for New Mortgage Rules 
    The Hill 04 Jun 2013
    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on June 4 rolled the first set of procedures that banks will have to comply with under new mortgage regulations taking effect in January...
  • CFPB Continues to Update Complaint Database, Making It More Searchable 
    American Banker  03 Jun 2013
    As of May 31, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has changed its complaint database in ways that should make it easier for consumers to navigate the data. With the new update, users now can conduct state-based searches...
  • Consumer Protection Bureau Is Under Attack, But Working 
    USA Today 03 Jun 2013
    As part of the Dodd-Frank financial reform package, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) received its share of criticism; but the agency has still move forward. Republicans are seeking congressional oversight of the agency's funding, while the Senate has delayed confirmation of agency head Richard Cordray for more than a year. President Obama named Cordray as CFPB head in January 2012, when the Senate was not conducting business but was not technically in recess, either, creating an issue that the Supreme Court may have to decide...
  • Banks Improving on Fee Disclosure, But More Rules Needed, Pew Says 
    Washington Post 31 May 2013
    Banks are doing a better job of informing customers about the costs associated with checking accounts, but additional rules are needed to ensure that terms are clear and fair, concludes a new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts...
  • Consumer Watchdog Takes Its First Action Against Abusive Practices 
    The Hill  30 May 2013
    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is, for the first time, taking action against a company for abusive practices that confused or misled the public...
  • House Democrats Seek Details on Consumer Bureau Auto Loan Rules 
    Bloomberg 30 May 2013
    In a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 13 Democratic members of the House Financial services Committee requested details on how the agency plans to enforce new rules on auto loan bias...
  • Small Banks Gain Reprieve on Balloon Mortgages 
    American Banker  30 May 2013
    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on May 30 unveiled several revisions to its ability-to-repay mortgage rule. Upon verifying that a borrower can actually afford the loan, which makes it a "qualified mortgage," banks receive protection from litigation. Small community banks, however, had argued that the rules would essentially block access to credit by abolishing balloon loans except in rural or underserved markets. The CFPB responded by giving these institutions two years to continue making balloon loans...
  • Looming CFPB Overdraft Rules Could Hit Some Banks Harder Than Others 
    American Banker  28 May 2013
    Future overdraft rules likely will have a bigger impact on banks that have not changed their practices much since a 2010 rule requiring them to give customers a choice on overdraft coverage.... .
  • Senate Barrels Toward Showdown Over Consumer Bureau Nominee 
    The Hill  19 May 2013
    U.S. Senate Republicans and Democrats are headed for a showdown over Richard Cordray, recess-appointed director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), with Democrats seeking to formally confirm him as director on May 23...
  • The CFPB Goes Mobile to Collect Customer Complaints 
    Bank Systems & Technology  16 May 2013
    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on May 15 announced that it is launching a Spanish-language Web site that lets users access information and submit complaints from their mobile phones...
  • CFPB Targets Discrimination in Auto Loan Battle 
    American Banker  16 May 2013
    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is laying the groundwork to bring enforcement actions against auto lenders that pay bounties to brokers to steer borrowers toward high-cost loans, on the grounds that the markups are discriminatory because they are steeper for minorities than for whites...
  • CFPB Lays Out Options for Easing Repayment of Private Student Loan 
    Washington Post 09 May 2013
    Based on feedback from nearly 30,000 borrowers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released a series of proposals to help millions of Americans repay their student loans more easily. The agency said that on-time borrowers should be able to refinance their debt at lower interest rates, while those who fall behind should be able to enter into income-based repayment plans...
  • Card Add-on Products Stage a Comeback 
    Fox Business 08 May 2013
    Credit card "add-on" products suffered from regulatory restrictions last year; but analysts say they could bounce back, with tighter marketing pitches and lower price...
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