December 2015 Articles – CFPB Journal

CFPB highlights money transfer issues

The latest monthly complaint snapshot from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau focuses on money transfer issues and complaints from Georgia consumers.

CFPB as cudgel: Unions file complaint against T-Mobile

Change to Win, a union federation, has asked the CoFPB to investigate wireless carrier T-Mobile for “misleading advertisements and abusive debt collection practices” related to its no-contract cell phone service.

Emails reveal cozy relationship between CFPB and Non-Profit

Last month, Politico reported that the recently proposed payday lending regulations by the CFPB had been written in close communication with a consumer advocate non-profit.

CFPB sues law firm over debt collection lawsuits

Attorneys and law firms are keeping an eye on a case currently working its way through federal court in Georgia. In the case the CFPB used its authority to sue a law firm that filed legal documents in support of a debt collection agency.