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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a number of changes to help consumers and regulated businesses amid the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. It suspended several data collection requirements, tweaked its examination structure and joined other federal regulators in urging financial institutions to work with impacted customers.
First-time homebuyers have consistently accounted for about half of all home purchase mortgages since 2002, according to a new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is working on legislation to authorize payments to whistleblowers who report violations of Federal consumer financial law.
Cincinnati’s Fifth Third Bancorp is facing potential action from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over allegations it opened unauthorized accounts, according to Bloomberg Law.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit in federal district court in the District of South Carolina against Candy Kern-Fuller, Howard Sutter III, and Upstate Law Group LLC.
While small business lending as a whole has increased since the Great Recession, fewer banks and thrifts are engaged in the market, according to a recent report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.