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Banking & Credit

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau works to protect consumers in the financial marketplace by educating them about their banking and credit choices, enforcing critical consumer protections and preventing unfair or unsafe protects from undermining consumers’ financial health. CFA works to ensure that the Bureau remains at the center of the national effort to prevent abusive financial practices and has the information, independent funding and leadership structure it needs to ensure that consumers have every chance to safely borrow, save and build assets.

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Most Recent Press Releases

  • CFA Statement on CFPB Collusion to Vacate Medical Debt Rule
  • CFA Condemns Massive CFPB Layoffs by Trump Administration
  • CFA Statement in Response to Dismissal of NCUA Board Members Harper and Otsuka

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  • Eric Halperin Declarations in NTEU v. Vought
  • CFA Urges Support for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Regulation to Protect Consumers Under the Credit Practices Act
  • Statement: Investigating the Real Impacts of Debanking in America

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