The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was launched in 2011 in response to the 2008 banking crisis, which destabilized millions of Americans. This new U.S. government agency' ...

Although Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) priorities and mandates are undergoing shifts with the new Trump administration, the CFPB ...

When a debt collector contacts you, follow these steps to verify the debt: First, don't acknowledge the debt or provide any ...

AG Letitia James proposes new consumer protection legislation.

Legislation to Overturn Medical Debt Rule: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds and Representative Ralph Norman introduced resolutions to ...

Reducing debt is Americans’ top financial priority for 2025. That's according to the CFP Board of Standard’s Debt and New ...

New CFPB rules may erase $49 billion in medical debt from credit reports, boosting credit scores for 15 million Americans if enforcement proceeds.

The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken major steps to help people with medical debt in its nearly 14-year history. It issued rules barring medical debt from Americans’ credit ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) offers templates for these letters on their website. Request specific documentation, including: The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA ...

The collection agency, which had more than 90 employees, was ordered in 2023 to pay a $1.68M penalty for violations of ...

Dan: Which means, Lara tells me, that collector is breaking a law called the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Lara: And normally I would have sent that client in the direction of the CFPB.

The CFPB has been targeted by Elon Musk ... from the Urban Institute estimated “7% of Nevadans have debt that’s in collection and the medium amount is about $1,800.” ...