The CFPB’s crusade against bill packing, wherein consumers bills are laden with charges for services they neither requested nor approved, rolls on, now with telecom...
Bankers must make consumer safety a priority as they develop a new, real-time electronic payments system, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray told a...
New debit-card regulations from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won’t just cover reloadable plastic cards, but also payment services like PayPal, Venmo, Square Cash and...
Colorado lawmakers, taking action against payday lenders, revised the state’s lending rules that, in 2010, extended loan terms to a minimum of six months. Short-term...
The CFPB wants to take a closer look at overdraft fees, stating Monday (Oct, 27) that it tends to view overdraft as a form of...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is looking hard at banks’ policies on opening consumer checking accounts, including the third-party databases they use, American Banker...
The CFPB is worried about checking, particularly consumers’ access to it. In remarks recently released by CFPB head Richard Cordray, he affirmed the basic necessity...
Conventional wisdom might lead one to conclude that payday lending is a scourge upon the Earth and an institution dedicated wholly to feasting on the...
Consumers might need a bit of protection from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, as the Government Accountability Office reported Monday (Sept. 22) that not only...