The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says Google’s payment unit failed to explain why it was denying customer requests for refunds. Google told the agency to back off in a lawsuit. Google sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in response to a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced a proposed rule aimed at regulating data brokers who sell sensitive personal and financial information, introducing stricter protections under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). These measures are designed to ...

The share of loans 30 or more days past due in September increased year over year. The nation’s serious delinquency rate did not change year over year. The U.S. foreclosure rate stayed roughly the same as last year in September ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump said he has no plans to fire the chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome H. Powell, addressing an uncertainty that has been hanging over the politically independent central bank. Mr. Trump said over the summer that ...

Adapting Model Risk Management for Generative AI What’s in this whitepaper from Google Cloud and the Alliance for Innovative Regulation: This comprehensive paper from Google Cloud and the Alliance for Innovative Regulation examines how financial institutions can adapt existing model ...

Gov. Roy Cooper, DHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley, and Manatt attorney Melinda Dutton discuss medical debt relief during a Zoom meeting on Dec. 9, 2024. (Photo: Screenshot of Zoom meeting. North Carolina leaders took a celebratory victory lap Monday to highlight ...

A US financial regulator’s bid to keep closer tabs on Google could jeopardize the agency’s longstanding but little-used power to designate companies as a potential risk to consumers, if the incoming Trump administration chooses to retain the tech giant’s designation ...

Office co-leads bipartisan task force of 51 Attorneys General Attorney General Todd Rokita took new action this week against illegal robocallers who are trying to scam Hoosiers. He warned four voice service providers that they have been transmitting suspected illegal ...

In November 2024, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) proposed additional amendments to its rules relating to debt collectors to clarify the definition of a "debt collector." According to the DCWP, the proposed amendments clarify ...