The goal is to upend everything the bureau has done in the past to remove consumer protection as much as possible," said ...

The CFPB has rescinded 67 guidance documents issued since 2011, including several that affect the mortgage industry.

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, ...

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

Historically, the Bureau has released guidance without adequate regard for whether it would increase or decrease compliance burdens and costs. Our policy has changed,” CFPB Acting Director Russ Vought ...

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

“Between last week’s CFPB announcement that it is climbing back a multitude of previously issued guidance, and this weekend‘s announcement that Jonathan McKernan, already nominated to become ...

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 ...

The CFPB has rescinded plans to shield highly sensitive data, including Social Security numbers, from being sold to data ...

Any additional guidance the CFPB puts forward will have to clearly explain that it is nonbinding, Vought added in a subsequent memo. It must refrain from using declarative language unless it is ...