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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) joined four other federal financial regulatory agencies and state bank and credit union regulators today in issuing a statement highlighting the risks posed by the discontinuation of LIBOR (originally an acronym for London Interbank Offered Rate).

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its fifth biennial report to Congress today on the consumer credit card market, finding that the market’s growth over the last few years reversed course in 2020.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today released a report on the agreements signed between credit card issuers and colleges, or organizations affiliated with colleges, finding that the market for college credit cards continued its general trend of decline in 2020.

On December 30, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a compliance assistance sandbox approval order to Synchrony regarding their proposal to develop a “dual-feature credit card”.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a report on agreements between credit card issuers and institutions of higher education.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a report examining the early effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumer credit.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a request for information to examine the impact of the rules that implement the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report examining recent trends in debt settlement and credit counseling.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took steps to facilitate the transition away from LIBOR for consumers and regulated entities.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took action to help consumers receive relief during the pandemic more quickly from their credit card issuer.

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

CFPB announced the panels for its December 10, 2019 workshop, cohosted with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), to examine issues affecting the accuracy of traditional credit reports.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) today released its fourth biennial report on the state of the credit card market for the period 2017-2018.

Jewelry Retailer Enrolled Customers in Credit Cards and Related Products Without Their Consent.

Five federal financial institutions regulators and state regulators encourage financial institutions to work with consumers affected by the federal government shutdown.

Citibank Failed To Reevaluate And Reduce The Annual Percentage Rates For Consumer Credit Card Accounts.

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) today released its biennial report on the state of the credit card market.

Bureau Supervision Requires Some Companies to Change Practices to Prevent Future Violations.

Adjustments Based on Annual Percentage Change in Consumer Price Index.

Consumers Harmed By Inferior Card Terms, Including Higher Interest Rates, Stricter Credit Cutoffs, and Less Debt Forgiveness, Receive Over $95 Million in Redress.

Report Also Looks at Consumer Complaints from Massachusetts.

Thank you all for joining me on this call. Today, the Consumer Bureau is taking action against UniRush, which administers the RushCard, and Mastercard, its...

Preventable Failures Left Tens of Thousands of Economically Vulnerable Consumers Unable to Pay for Necessities.

Web-based Tool Will Deliver Regular Updates on Consumer Lending Markets.

On behalf of the Bureau, let me welcome all of you and say that we much appreciate this opportunity to discuss consumer financial markets with so many...