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.

CFPB Proposes Banning Medical Debt from Credit Reports

June 11, 2024

Consumer advocates hail the measure, which will bring financial relief to millions BOSTON – Consumer advocates at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) cheered today’s proposal from the Biden administration and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to prohibit the reporting of medical debts on credit reports.  “This is a huge relief for the millions…

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Featured

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PBS: How banning medical debt from credit reports could help millions of Americans

June 12, 2024

CFPB Proposes Banning Medical Debt from Credit Reports

June 11, 2024

The New York Times: ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Borrowers Get More Safeguards With New Rule

May 31, 2024

Letter to CFPB Urging Final PACE Rule

May 30, 2024

American Banker: Was the CFPB really manipulating data about credit cards?

May 29, 2024

CFPB Improves Protections for Buy Now Pay Later Loans

May 22, 2024

CFPB’s SoLo Funds Enforcement Action is a Warning for Fintech Payday Lenders

May 20, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Consumer Watchdog

May 16, 2024

Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court rejects payday lenders’ challenge to Obama-era consumer protection bureau

May 16, 2024

Comments & Letters

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Letter to CFPB Urging Final PACE Rule

May 30, 2024

Coalition Comments on CFPB’s Proposed Rule Governing Overdraft Lending at Very Large Financial Institutions

April 1, 2024

NCLC Comments on CFPB’s Proposed Rule Governing Overdraft Lending at Very Large Financial Institutions

April 1, 2024

Comments of Over 100 Organizations Supporting the Petition for Rulemaking to Require Meaningful Consumer Consent to Arbitration

November 14, 2023

NCLC Petition for Reg X Rulemaking on HELOCs, Reverse Mortgages, Language Access, and Manufactured Housing

August 29, 2023

Comments to the CFPB on Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Financing Proposed Rule

July 26, 2023

Americans for Financial Reform Coalition Comment to CFPB on PACE Rulemaking

July 26, 2023

Letter in Opposition to Anti-Consumer Appropriations Riders

July 11, 2023

Abusive Acts and Practices: Comments to CFPB

July 3, 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

Issue Briefs

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2024 Consumer Reform Priorities to Protect Tenants

March 7, 2024

2024 Credit & Consumer Reporting Priorities to Promote Economic Stability

March 6, 2024

2023-2024 Consumer Protection Federal Priorities

January 13, 2023

Issue Brief: CFPB Changes Needed to Prevent New Debt Collection Rules from Hurting Consumers

January 1, 2021

The CFPB Must Issue Emergency Guidance on Debt Collection During the Pandemic

December 1, 2020

How Congress and the CFPB Can Protect Americans from Abusive Debt Collection

November 3, 2020

Time-Barred Debt Disclosures in CFPB’s Supplemental Rulemaking Fall Short

May 12, 2020

CFPB Debt Collection Rule Must Protect Consumers, Not Abusive Collectors

May 1, 2019

Servicemembers, Veterans, & Forced Arbitration: How the New CFPB Rule Enhances the Military Lending Act

September 1, 2017

Press Releases & News

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PBS: How banning medical debt from credit reports could help millions of Americans

June 12, 2024

CFPB Proposes Banning Medical Debt from Credit Reports

June 11, 2024

The New York Times: ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Borrowers Get More Safeguards With New Rule

May 31, 2024

American Banker: Was the CFPB really manipulating data about credit cards?

May 29, 2024

CFPB Improves Protections for Buy Now Pay Later Loans

May 22, 2024

CFPB’s SoLo Funds Enforcement Action is a Warning for Fintech Payday Lenders

May 20, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to Consumer Watchdog

May 16, 2024

Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court rejects payday lenders’ challenge to Obama-era consumer protection bureau

May 16, 2024

Detroit Free Press: Much-talked-about $8 late fee on credit cards hits roadblock: What’s ahead

May 14, 2024

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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