Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector
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Policy Brief
The CFPB’s Open Banking Mandate Is About to Break Rent
The CFPB’s open banking mandate, the 1033 rule, poses a critical risk to America’s rent payments.
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Policy Brief
The Death Knell for Elizabeth Warren’s CFPB
Trump’s CFPB reset offers hope for reform, but state attorneys general are already building a fragmented and punitive new regulatory regime
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Policy Brief
Rewarding Failure: How Rohit Chopra’s Legacy at the CFPB is Crumbling
A so-called “consumer protection” agency became a case study in regulatory excess and misplaced praise.
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Policy Brief
Vought Charts New Path for the CFPB
Russell Vought signals a shift toward proportional, efficient regulation after years of CFPB overreach under Rohit Chopra.
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Litigation
SPPI Files Federal Complaint After New Mexico Attorney General Fails to Act
The Southwest Public Policy Institute (SPPI) has filed a formal complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding the loan-sharking lending practices of former State Representative Tara Jaramillo and her company, Positive Outcomes, Inc. The…
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Op-Ed
Out of One, Many
As CFPB retreats, the new danger is a jumble of state-level mandates.
Originally published inAmerican Banker
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Policy Brief
Out of One, Many
Why banks, payment networks, merchant servicers, and financial firms will face a harder four years, and what to do about it.
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Op-Ed
The CFPB Is Making It Harder For You To Pay Your Bills
The CFPB’s outdated rule on small-dollar lending punishes working-class Americans by restricting access to the very credit they rely on to make ends meet.
Originally published inRealClearMarkets
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Policy Brief
An Overdue Course Correction at the CFPB
Acting CFPB Director Russ Vought’s rollback of state enforcement overreach marks a critical return to legal restraint, restoring constitutional balance and regulatory clarity to America’s financial system.