Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

CFPB Suit Accuses Loan Company Of Targeting Low-Income Residents
CFPB Suit Accuses Loan Company Of Targeting Low-Income Residents
April 15, 2015  |  News

A former H&R Block tax preparer and a refund-anticipation loan company in New Mexico that allegedly cheated poor Navajo residents out of a quarter-million dollars...

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CFPB: Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Favor Banks
CFPB: Mandatory Arbitration Clauses Favor Banks
March 23, 2015  |  News

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may be preparing to ban mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer finance agreements, Bloomberg News reported on Friday (March 20). That’s...

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CFPB Jumps Into The Real-Time Payments Fray
CFPB Jumps Into The Real-Time Payments Fray
November 21, 2014  |  Financial Inclusion

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...

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Is The CFPB PCI Compliant? It Has 600 Million Cards On File
Is The CFPB PCI Compliant? It Has 600 Million Cards On File
September 23, 2014  |  News

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...

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CFPB Slams Promotional Fees
CFPB Slams Promotional Fees
September 04, 2014  |  In Depth

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) warned credit card companies not to mask hidden charges associated with low promotional interest rates, according to American Banker....

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