It was created by Congress, as part of the Dodd-Frank Act, in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis--during which many Americans found themselves holding risky mortgages as their home prices plummeted.At the time, the Obama administration was hoping to help prevent another future economic meltdown.... Soon after its creation, the CFPB created new standards for the mortgage market.... It also collects complaints from consumers and helps them get responses from companies." The financial system i

credit reports under proposals being considered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.... The

Cherri Bustos, D-Ill., and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ili., and obtained by ABC News, said." We know that it is critical for incarcerated persons to have access to correspondence while serving their sentences.... Unfortunately, mail is also one of the ways in which drug contraband can be brought into correctional facilities," the lawmakers wrote. One staff member was hospitalized on Friday.... David Greedy/ Getty Images A guard tower and prison yard remains empty at the

" The statute that provides the Bureau's funding meets these requirements.... " The Supreme Court

.... Credit-to-GDP is found to be 19 percentage points higher in EMDEs where credit bureaus maintain

Supporters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rally after acting CFPB Director Russell

to try to increase bureau staffing. The inmates being released will be sent to supervised release

In a move aimed at easing access to credit, the Reserve Bank of India( RBI) launched a pilot

Dean Fosdick, the journalist with The Associated Press who filed the news alert informing the world of the Exxon Valdez grounding and who directed AP’s coverage of what was then the nation’s worst oil spill, died April 27 in Florida.... At age 17, he joined the U.S. Army to see the world.... Fosdick championed him for the position with AP management in New York, where the wire service is headquartered....

Dear Liz: Have you ever covered the fact that the credit score that a person receives from the