The CFPB has rescinded 67 guidance documents issued since 2011, including several that affect the mortgage industry.

On May 12, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a sweeping withdrawal of 67 guidance documents issued since the ...

Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released a proposed rule to rescind its previous regulation requiring ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a policy directive rescinding scores of standing guidance documents, ...

The NBR rule is “not necessary as a tool to effectively monitor and reduce potential risks to consumers from bad actors,” ...

Effective immediately, Bureau components may not issue guidance documents that purport to create rights or obligations binding on persons or entities outside the Bureau." Vought laid out several ...

Vought laid out several parameters into which CFPB guidance should fit, including that guidance should state in a disclaimer that it is not legally binding. Guidance, he said, should refer to ...

On Friday, Vought sent an internal memo to the CFPB staff directing employees to cease issuing guidance documents that he claims have created rights and obligations that are unlawful and deprive the ...

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