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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a statement and FAQs outlining the responsibility of certain financial firms during the pandemic.

Good afternoon. It would have been great to see all of you in person, but I thank you for the opportunity to be with you here today virtually during these difficult and unprecedented times.

Good morning. Despite these difficult times, I’m pleased to be with you all today to kick off my first meeting as vice-chair of the Financial Literacy and Education Commission.

To ensure homeowners and renters have the most up to date and accurate housing assistance information during the COVID-19 national emergency, today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) launched the new mortgage and housing assistance website.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau settled with Specialized Loan Servicing, LLC (SLS), a mortgage-loan servicer in Colorado.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule covering remittances transfers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today issued clarifying FAQs to support small businesses who have applied for a loan from their financial institution under the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program.

A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report examining the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic found that consumer credit applications declined substantially in March.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) took steps to make it easier for consumers with urgent financial needs to obtain access to mortgage credit more quickly in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced the addition of a geospatial view to the Consumer Complaint Database.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today outlined practices to provide mortgage servicers clarity, facilitate compliance, and prevent harm to consumers during the transfer of residential mortgages.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released a video outlining the steps that non-filers need to take in order to receive their economic impact payments authorized by the CARES Act.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that the Consumer Advisory Board (CAB), Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC), the Credit Union Advisory Council (CUAC), and the Academic Research Council (ARC) will meet jointly on May 1st from 2:00 to 4:15 pm ET via conference call.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule raising the loan-volume coverage thresholds for financial institutions reporting data under the Home Mortgage Reporting Act (HMDA).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced the Borrower Protection Program (the Program), a new joint initiative that enables CFPB and FHFA to share servicing information to protect borrowers during the coronavirus national emergency.

The federal banking agencies issued an interim final rule to temporarily defer real estate-related appraisals and evaluations under the agencies’ interagency appraisal regulations.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took steps to make it easier for consumers to receive pandemic-relief payments, including the economic impact payments authorized in the CARES Act, through prepaid accounts.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took steps to ensure that consumers will be able to continue to send remittance transfers without disruption during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The federal financial institution regulatory agencies, in consultation with state financial regulators, issued a revised interagency statement encouraging financial institutions to work constructively with borrowers affected by COVID-19.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) has released a video on how struggling homeowners can obtain mortgage forbearance if their finances are impacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The federal financial institution regulatory agencies and the state financial regulators issued a joint policy statement providing needed regulatory flexibility to enable mortgage servicers to work with struggling consumers affected by the Coronavirus Disease (referred to as COVID-19) emergency.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a policy statement outlining the responsibility of credit reporting companies and furnishers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a settlement with Cottonwood Financial, Ltd., which does business under the name Cash Store, on April 1, 2020.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a request for information to assist the Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law with recommendations on harmonizing, modernizing, and updating the federal consumer financial laws.

Five federal financial regulatory agencies issued a joint statement encouraging banks, savings associations, and credit unions to offer responsible small-dollar loans to consumers and small businesses in response to COVID-19.