Blog | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Policy and compliance

Published OCT 17, 2018

Fall 2018 rulemaking agenda

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, federal agencies must publish regulatory agendas twice a year. As an independent regulatory agency, we have been voluntarily participating in the Unified Agenda, which is led by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

By Kelly Cochran

Rulemaking

At the CFPB

Published JUL 26, 2018

Bureau roundtables seek public input

As part of the Bureau’s commitment to engage stakeholders in active dialogue about key issues, the Bureau recently held three roundtables to gather feedback about the Requests for Information the Bureau recently issued.

By Anthony Welcher

Policy and compliance

Published MAY 10, 2018

Spring 2018 rulemaking agenda

The semiannual update of our rulemaking agenda.

By Kelly Cochran

Rulemaking

At the CFPB

Published JUL 21, 2017

Six years serving you

Learn about our work over the past six years to create new consumer financial protections and provide resources to help people make informed financial decisions.

By Zixta Q Martinez

Policy and compliance

Published JUL 20, 2017

Spring 2017 rulemaking agenda

The semiannual update of our rulemaking agenda.

By Kelly Cochran

Rulemaking

Policy and compliance

Published MAY 25, 2017

We are seeking comment on our plan for assessing the ATR/QM rule

The CFPB will assess the Ability-to-Repay/Qualified Mortgage (ATR/QM) rule. We are seeking comments on our plan for the assessment.

By Sergei Kulaev and Paul Rothstein

Policy and compliance

Published MAY 04, 2017

We are seeking comment on our plan for assessing the mortgage servicing rule

Your feedback and comments will help up improve our assessment.

By Erik Durbin and Paul Rothstein

Policy and compliance

Published APR 20, 2017

CFPB finalizes effective date extension for prepaid accounts rule

We’ve finalized a rule to delay the general effective date of the prepaid accounts rule by six months, to April 1, 2018.

By Kris Andreassen

Policy and compliance

Published APR 18, 2017

We’re updating the ex parte policy on rulemaking

The improvements to our policy will help ensure that our rulemaking process continues to be open and fair and allows for candid input from state entities.

By Mary McLeod

Rulemaking

Policy and compliance

Published APR 13, 2017

We are proposing changes to Regulation C to help industry comply and are looking for your feedback

We are seeking comment on our proposal to clarify, make technical corrections, and minor changes to the data that financial institutions are required to...

By Terry J. Randall

Policy and compliance

Published MAR 24, 2017

The Consumer Bureau is proposing changes to Regulation B to help mortgage lenders and is looking for your feedback

We are seeking comment on our proposal to increase flexibility for mortgage lenders in collecting certain information.

By James Wylie

Policy and compliance

Published MAR 17, 2017

We are seeking comment on our plan for assessing the remittance rule

We have released a plan to assess the effectiveness of the remittance rule and are asking the public for comments and information that would help the...

By Scott Fulford and Paul Rothstein

Policy and compliance

Published MAR 09, 2017

CFPB proposes to extend the prepaid accounts rule’s effective date

We are seeking comment on a proposal to delay the effective date of the prepaid accounts rule by six months.

By Kris Andreassen

Policy and compliance

Published DEC 02, 2016

Fall 2016 rulemaking agenda

The semiannual update of our rulemaking agenda.

By Kelly Cochran

Rulemaking

Info for consumers Policy and compliance

Published OCT 05, 2016

We’ve issued a new rule to help protect consumers using prepaid accounts

Prepaid cards can look and act like other types of cards, but they haven't always had the same protections. Our new rule will help make prepaid cards and...

By David Silberman

Info for consumers Policy and compliance

Published AUG 04, 2016

We’ve updated our mortgage servicing rules to provide greater protections for mortgage borrowers and other homeowners

Today we finalized new changes to our mortgage servicing rules. These updates ensure that mortgage servicers treat homeowners and struggling borrowers...

By Laura Johnson

At the CFPB Info for consumers

Published JUL 14, 2016

Consumers Count: Five years standing up for you

In the past five years, we have written rules, enforced laws and, supervised banks and other financial companies, while at the same time creating resources...

By Zixta Q Martinez

Info for consumers Policy and compliance

Published JUN 02, 2016

We’ve proposed a rule to protect consumers from payday debt traps

New data shows payday and similar loans lead to consumers trapped in debt and our proposed rule aims to help those consumers.

By David Silberman

Policy and compliance

Published NOV 20, 2015

Fall 2015 rulemaking agenda

An important part of the CFPB's mandate from Congress is to make rules governing consumer finance markets more effective and to create new rules when...

By Kelly Cochran

Info for consumers

Published OCT 07, 2015

New proposal to ban companies from using arbitration clauses as a free pass to avoid accountability

Buried in many contracts for consumer financial products are arbitration clauses that block consumers from seeking relief through class action lawsuits...

By Eric Goldberg

Info for consumers Policy and compliance

Published JUL 21, 2015

The Know Before You Owe mortgage rule will take effect October 3, 2015

Today, we're issuing a final rule delaying the effective date for the Know Before You Owe mortgage disclosure rule to October 3, 2015. The Know Before You...

By Diane Thompson

At the CFPB

Published MAY 22, 2015

Spring 2015 rulemaking agenda

An important part of our mandate is to make rules more effective and create new rules when necessary. Today, we're posting a semi-annual update of our...

By Kelly Cochran

Policy and compliance

Published MAR 26, 2015

Explainer: How small businesses play a role in the rulemaking process

We often hear many questions about how the rulemaking process works. We decided to write a series of posts that explain some key parts of the rulemaking...

By Dan Sokolov

Policy and compliance

Published NOV 21, 2014

Fall 2014 rulemaking agenda

Today, we're posting a semi-annual update of our rulemaking agenda in conjunction with a broader initiative led by OMB to publish a Unified Agenda of...

By Kelly Cochran

Policy and compliance

Published NOV 20, 2014

Proposed changes to our Mortgage Servicing Rules: New protections for surviving family members and other homeowners

Since the Mortgage Servicing Rules went into effect, we've spent a lot of time talking to consumer advocacy groups, housing counselors, mortgage servicers...

By CFPB Mortgage Servicing Team