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NYC Comptroller calls for strengthening city, state consumer protection laws, regulations

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Accusing the Trump Administration of “dismantling” the CFPB, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is calling on city and state officials to fill the void by strengthening consumer protection laws and rules in the city and...more

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Senate Parliamentarian says elimination of CFPB funding cannot be included in budget bill but delay of Section 1071 rule passes...

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The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that a key Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Banking Committee) provision that would eliminate all funding for the CFPB cannot be included in the massive budget reconciliation...more

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Senate Banking Republican reconciliation bill would eliminate CFPB funding source

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The Senate Banking, Housing and Affairs Committee (Banking Committee) would eliminate the CFPB’s current funding source, as part of Committee’s Republican version of its part of the massive budget reconciliation bill,...more

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DOJ lawyers, National Treasury Employees Union attorney square off in appeals court over CFPB firings

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Despite massive attempted layoffs and cancellation of third-party vendor contracts, the Trump Administration did not and does not intend to shut down the CFPB, a Justice Department attorney told a federal appeals court on...more

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House Financial Services Committee finds savings by slashing CFPB budget

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The House Financial Services Committee has approved its part of the massive budget bill, saving some $1 billion by, among other things, slashing the CFPB’s budget by more than 60%....more

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Federal Judge Issues Order Prohibiting Massive Layoffs, Budget Cuts at CFPB Pending Ruling on Motion for Preliminary Injunction

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A federal judge has issued an order temporarily prohibiting the Trump Administration from imposing mass layoffs and budget cuts at the CFPB....more

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City of Baltimore and National Treasury Employees Union file separate suits to keep the CFPB funded and operating

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Accusing the CFPB of planning to use its funding mechanism to abolish the agency, the mayor and the city council of Baltimore (the “City of Baltimore”) and the Economic Action Maryland Fund (the “Economic Fund”), a nonprofit...more

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Republican leaders of House Financial Services Committee tell CFPB to stop issuing final rules

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The current and incoming Republican leaders of the House Financial Services Committee have asked financial regulators, including the CFPB, to stop “finalizing partisan rulemaking” over the next several weeks....more

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Sen. Scott: CFPB ignoring call to pause rulemaking until Trump takes office

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Senate Banking Committee ranking Republican Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. said on December 11 that unlike several other regulators, the CFPB is ignoring his call to pause rulemaking until the Trump Administration takes office....more

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The Validity of More Than a Decade’s Worth of Federal Regulations Are at Stake as the U.S. Supreme Court Decides the...

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On October 3, 2023, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd., et al. v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, et al., in which the Court was asked to...more

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Happy Twelfth Anniversary CFPB

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Last Friday, July 21, 2023, marked the CFPB’s twelfth anniversary.  To publicize the occasion, the CFPB published a blog post on July 20 in which it touted its achievements and ongoing initiatives....more

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SCOTUS to hear oral argument on Oct. 3 in case challenging constitutionality of CFPB’s funding

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The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled oral argument on October 3, 2023 in Community Financial Services Association of America Ltd. v. CFPB.  In the case, CFSA has asked the Supreme Court to affirm the Fifth Circuit panel’s...more

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CFPB Launches Office of Competition and Innovation

On May 24, the CFPB launched a new office, the Office of Competition and Innovation. The stated purpose of the new office is to promote competition and innovation that benefits consumers in the financial products and services...more

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Director Kraninger to appear before Senate Banking Committee on March 10

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CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger is scheduled to appear before the Senate Banking Committee today, March 10, at hearing entitled “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress.” ...more

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David Silberman resigns from CFPB

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David Silberman, who has served as the CFPB’s Associate Director for Research, Markets, and Regulations since 2011, announced that he has left the agency to become a part-time senior advisor to both the Center for Responsible...more

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CFPB issues Fall 2019 Semi-Annual Report to Congress

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The CFPB has issued its Fall 2019 Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period April 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019. ...more

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Top CFPB officials describe recent changes at the Bureau

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On May 7, 2018, at the Practicing Law Institute’s 23rd Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute in Chicago, panel members Kristen Donoghue, the CFPB’s top enforcement official, and Allison Brown, from the Bureau’s Office...more

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Democratic lawmakers seek information about reorganization of CFPB Office of Fair Lending

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A group of Democratic Senators and House members have sent a letter to Mick Mulvaney and Leandra English expressing concern about Mr. Mulvaney’s announcement that he plans to reorganize the CFPB’s Office of Fair Lending...more

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Mulvaney reorganizes CFPB Office of Fair Lending

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In an email to CFPB staff, Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s designee as CFPB Acting Director, has indicated that he plans to make changes to the CFPB’s organizational structure to best enable the CFPB to fulfill its...more

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