Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Consumer Information
- Fact Sheet: Requirements the CFPB Must Meet to Reduce Regulatory Burdens on Smaller Financial Institutions, 06/17/11. (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Accountability of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 06/14/11. (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Oversight of Non-banks, 11/18/10. (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: How States and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Will Work Together to Protect Consumers, 11/04/10. (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Offices in the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 10/19/10. (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: The New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 10/15/10. (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Consumer Protections in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 10/14/10. (PDF)
- 50-State Small Dollar Loan Scorecard, 05/12/10. (PDF)
- 50-State Small Dollar Loan Scorecard Backup, 05/12/10. (PDF)
- How the Consumer Financial Protection Agency Streamlines Regulation, 09/15/09. (PDF)
- Consumer Financial Protection Agency Will Coordinate with Banking Agencies, 07/21/09. (PDF)
- Top Examples of Financial Regulatory Failure, 07/21/09. (PDF)
- Abusive Lending Practices by Smaller Banks and Thrifts, 07/21/09. (PDF)
- Position Paper: The Need for the Consumer Financial Protection Agency, 11/18/09. (PDF)
- Q & A on the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA), 07/13/09. (PDF)
- Enact the Consumer Financial Protection Agency! YouTube video
Press Releases
- CFA Applauds U.S. Senate for Voting to Confirm Richard Cordray as Director of the CFPB, 07/16/2013. (PDF)
- CFA Urges Senate to Support Up-or-Down Vote on Director Cordray's Nomination, 05/21/2013. (PDF)
- CFPB Report on Payday Lending Highlights Repeat Borrowing, Triple-digit Interest Rates, 04/23/2013. (PDF)
- CFA Applauds Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Vote Confirming Richard Cordray as Director to the CFPB - Urges Full Senate Vote, 03/19/2013. (PDF)
- CFA Urges U.S. Senate to Confirm Richard Cordray as Director to CFPB, 03/12/2013. (PDF)
- CFA Applauds President Obama’s Nomination to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 01/24/13. (PDF)
- CFA Lauds Creation of Credit Card Complaint Database and Urges CFPB to Make More Complaint Data Public, 06/20/12. (PDF)
- CFPB Cordray Nomination Statement, 01/04/12. (PDF)
- As Abusive Financial Practices Mount, Senate to Vote on Leader for New Consumer Protection Agency, 12/07/11. (PDF)
- As Abusive Financial Practices Mount, Senate Committee Acts on Leader for New Consumer Protection Agency, 10/05/11.(PDF)
- Statement on Today's Confirmation Hearing of Richard Cordray to Lead CFPB, 09/06/11. (PDF)
- Financial Reform is on Track, But Dark Clouds are Forming, Says New CFA Report, 07/20/11. (PDF)
- Statement of Travis Plunkett on the Nomination of Richard Cordray to Lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 07/18/11. (PDF)
- Statement of CFA's Legislative Director on House Appropriations' Cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 06/22/11. (PDF)
- Statement of Legislative Director Travis Plunkett on House Appropriations’ Cuts to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 06/16/11. (PDF)
- House Moves to Handcuff New Consumer Financial Agency and Keep Dangerous Derivatives Markets in the Shadows, 05/12/11. (PDF)
- Statement of Travis Plunkett Regarding Announcement by 44 Senators on Confirmation of CFPB Director, 05/05/11. (PDF)
- House Financial Services Subcommittee Moves to Handcuff New Consumer Financial Agency: CFA Urges Members to Reject Bills, 05/04/11. (PDF)
- As Warren Testifies on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Need For New Agency Has Never Been Greater, 03/16/11. (PDF)
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Comes to Life in Six Months: Consumer Abuses Continue; the CFPB’s Oversight Can’t Come Soon Enough, 01/20/11. (PDF)
- Statement of CFA Legislative Director Travis Plunkett in Response to the Announcements by the Administration Regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 09/17/10. (PDF)
- Consumer Federation of America Applauds President Obama's Signing of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill Into Law, 07/21/10. (PDF)
- Consumer Federation of America Applauds Senate Vote on the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill, 07/15/10. (PDF)
- Consumer Federation of America Applauds House Passage of the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill, 6/30/10. (PDF)
- Consumer Federation Hails Financial Regulatory Reform Bill Passed by the Conference Committee as a Major Achievement, 06/25/10. (PDF)
- Reject Auto Dealer Carve-Out from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Urge Consumer, Military, and Civil Rights Groups, 06/22/10. (PDF)
- Civil Rights, Union, Consumer Organizations Urge Conferees: Auto Dealers Should NOT Be Exempt from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 06/16/10. (PDF)
- Consumer's Guide to the Financial Regulatory Reform Conference Committee Shows How Americans Will Benefit from Key Provisions, 06/14/10. (PDF)
- CFA Weighs in with Congress on Top Priorities for Financial Regulatory Reform Conference, 06/09/10. (PDF)
- Consumer Federation Hails Senate Passage of Historic Financial Reform Legislation, 05/20/10. (PDF)
- Senate to Take Up Dangerous Snowe Amendment to Give Some Abusive Lenders First Crack at Stopping Consumer Bureau Rules, 05/19/10. (PDF)
- Military and Consumer Groups Oppose Reworked Brownback Amendment, 05/19/10. (PDF)
- Snowe, Enzi Amendments Would Tie Consumer Bureau in Knots, 05/18/10. (PDF)
- CFA Urges the Senate to Defeat the Brownback Loophole for Auto Dealers Who Issue Abusive Loans, 05/17/10. (PDF)
- Scorecard Shows Consumers Pay Steep Rates for Small Loans, 05/13/10. (PDF)
- Military Groups and the Department of Defense Agree- Consumer Financial Protection Agency Should Cover Auto Dealers, 04/22/10. (PDF)
- Poll Results Show Strong Support for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, 04/12/10. (PDF)
- Consumers' Guide to Senate Banking Markup, 03/22/10. (PDF)
- CFA Applauds Senator Dodd For Moving Forward on Financial Reforms, Calls for Improvements to Protect Consumers and Investors, 03/15/10. (PDF)
- CFA's Statement on Senator Dodd's Decision to Retire, 01/06/10. (PDF)
- CFA Hails House Passage of H.R. 4173, "The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act," 12/11/09. (PDF)
- CFA Urges the House of Representatives to Strengthen and Pass Financial Regulatory Reform, 12/08/09. (PDF)
- CFA Applauds Federal Reserve Board Overdraft Rules As Good First Step But More Protections Are Needed, 11/12/09. (PDF)
- CFA Applauds the Introduction of Senator Dodd's Financial Reform Package, 11/10/09. (PDF)
- CFA Applauds House Financial Services Committee's Passage of Consumer Financial Protection Agency, 10/22/09. (PDF)
- Consumer Groups Oppose Moore Amendment to Strip Credit Insurance Authority from CFPA, 10/15/09. (PDF)-(Charts)
- Consumer Groups Urge Congress Not to Cut Insurance Protections, 10/14/09. (PDF)
- Bank Lobbyists Try to Gut CFPA, 10/09/09. (PDF)
- Groups Concerned Over Auto Dealer Exemption in the CFPA, 10/7/09. (PDF)
- Big Bank "Reforms" Fail to Protect Customers, Consumer Financial Protection Agency Needed, 10/05/09. (PDF)
- Credit Card Issuers Use More Tricks and Traps in Advance of New Law, 09/28/09. (PDF)
- Consumer Federation of America Applauds President Obama's Speech on Financial Regulatory Reform, 09/14/09. (PDF)
- CFA Survey: Americans Want Consumer Agency for Financial Products and Services, 09/09/09. (PDF)
- Consumer Organizations Urge Fast Action to Create Strong, Independent Financial Regulator, 06/17/09. (PDF)
- Durbin, Schumer Propose New Credit Safety Agency for Consumers, 03/10/09. (PDF)
Studies
- One Year After: A Progress Report on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 07/20/11. (PDF)
Testimony and Comments
- Consumer Group Letter to Director Cordray on Complaint Narrative and Re-Identification, 08/23/2013. (PDF)
- Public Interest Organizations File Comments to the CFPB on Telephone Survey Exploring Credit Card Dispute Resolutions, 08/06/2013. (PDF)
- CFA Urges Senate to Confirm Richard Cordray to a Full Term as Director of CFPB, 07/15/2013. (PDF)
- Privacy and Consumer Groups Support CFPB's Use of Data, 07/12/2013. (PDF)
- CFA Letter Urges Senate to Support Up-or-Down Vote on Director Cordray's Nomination, 05/21/2013. (PDF)
- CFA Urges Senate to Oppose Harmful Amendments to the Budget Resolution of 2013, 03/21/2013. (PDF)
- CFA Urges Senators to Confirm Richard Cordray to a Full Term as Director of the CFPB, 03/05/12. (PDF)
- S. 3468 Will Undermine Efforts by Independent Agencies to Protect Consumers, 09/13/12. (PDF)
- Consumer Groups Comments to the CFPB Regarding the Consumer Complaint Database, 07/20/12. (PDF)
- Supporting Documents to Comments to the CFPB Regarding the Consumer Complaint Database, 07/20/12. (PDF)
- Comments to the CFPB on Overdraft by Consumer Civil Rights and Housing Groups, 07/05/12. (PDF)
- CFA Comments to CFPB on Payday Loans, 04/24/12. (PDF)
- Coalition Opposes House Bills to Weaken CFPB, 02/07/12. (PDF)
- Consumer Groups Support Public Database of Complaints to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 02/07/12. (PDF)
- Comments to CFPB Regarding Consumer Financial Products and Services Offered to Servicemembers, 09/21/11. (PDF)
- CFA and NCLC's Comments to CFPB on 'Larger' Non-bank Participants, 08/15/11. (PDF)
- Requirements the CFPB Must Meet to Reduce Regulatory Burdens on Smaller Financial Institutions, 06/17/11. (PDF)
- CFA Warns CFPB Provisions of FY 2012 Appropriations Bill Harm Consumers, 06/15/11. (PDF)
- CFA Urges Senators to Oppose the Moran Amendment to Weaken the CFPB, 06/07/11. (PDF)
- Accountability of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 06/07/11. (PDF)
- Broad Coalition Letter Opposes Anti-CFPB HFSC Bills, 05/03/11. (PDF)
- Statement of Travis B. Plunkett Regarding Budget Reductions to Financial Regulatory Agencies at Representative John Conyers’ Budget Impact Forum, 02/24/11. (PDF)
- CFA Urges Congress to Pass the Dodd-Frank Conference Report Immediately, Senate Version, 06/28/10. (PDF)
- CFA Urges Congress to Pass the Dodd-Frank Conference Report Immediately, House Version, 06/28/10. (PDF)
- CFA and Other Groups Outline Priorities for Enhanced Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to House Conferees, 06/23/10. (PDF)
- Opposition to the CFPA Auto Dealer Carve-Out Is Widespread: Here's What People Are Saying, 06/18/10. (PDF)
- Civil Rights, Labor, Consumer Protection, and Advocacy Groups Oppose the Auto Dealer Exemption, 06/16/10. (PDF)
- Letter to the Senate on Consumer Priorities in Financial Regulatory Reform Conference, 06/08/10. (PDF)
- Letter to the House on Consumer Priorities in Financial Regulatory Reform Conference, 06/08/10. (PDF)
- Military and Consumer Organizations Urge Senate to Vote Down Brownback Amendment to Exempt Auto Dealers from CFPB Oversight, 05/18/10. (PDF)
- CFA Urges "No" Vote on Snowe-Pryor Amendment #3883 and "Yes" on Landrieu-Dodd-Kerry Side by Side, 05/18/10. (PDF)
- CFA Guide to Amendments to Restoring American Financial Stability Act (S.3217), 05/12/10. (PDF)
- CFA's Daily Look on Financial Reform: Vote NO on the Shelby Substitute, 05/06/10. (PDF)
- CFA's Daily Look on Financial Reform: Preemption of State Laws Leaves Consumers Vulnerable, 05/04/10. (PDF)
- CFA's Daily Look on Financial Reform: Consumer Regulator Should Cover All Lenders, Including Auto Dealers, 04/28/10. (PDF)
- CFA's Daily Look on Financial Reform: Survey Says Public Support for Consumer Financial Agency is High and Has Grown over the Last 9 Months, 04/26/10. (PDF)
- Broad Coalition Calls on Senate Banking Committee to Enact an Independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency, 02/22/10. (PDF)
- Groups Urge Representatives to Oppose Minnick Amendment to Strike the CFPA, 12/10/09. (PDF)
- Consumer Federation of America Supports H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 12/10/09. (PDF)
- CFA Urges House Financial Services Committee to Vote No on the Campbell Amendment, 10/21/09. (PDF)
- CFA's Director of Housing, Barry Zigas, Addresses Concerns over Consumer Financial Protection Agency and the Housing Market, 08/11/09. (PDF)
- Testimony of Travis Plunkett before the House Financial Services Committee regarding Community and Consumer Advocates' Perspectives on the Obama Administration's Financial Regulatory Reform Proposals, 07/16/09. (PDF)
- Testimony of Travis Plunkett before the Senate Banking Committee on the Proposed Creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, 07/14/09. (PDF)
- Testimony of CFA and USPIRG on Regulatory Restructuring before the House Financial Services Committee, 06/24/09. (PDF)