Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

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The Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the head of the U.S. federal agency responsible for regulating consumer financial products and services and enforcing consumer protection laws in the financial sector.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf federal executive position ⓘ
government office ⓘ
leadership role ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
appointedFor fixed term subject to removal under applicable law ⓘ
canInitiate administrative enforcement actions ⓘ
canIssue rules and regulations implementing federal consumer financial laws ⓘ
canRefer matters to the U.S. Department of Justice for civil or criminal enforcement ⓘ
confirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ⓘ
employer Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ⓘ
formationYear 2011 ⓘ
goal ensure that consumers have access to fair, transparent, and competitive markets for financial products and services ⓘ
protect consumers in the financial marketplace ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver banks with more than US$10 billion in assets for consumer protection supervision ⓘ
certain nonbank financial companies for consumer protection supervision ⓘ
hasResponsibility coordinating with other federal and state financial regulators on consumer protection issues ⓘ
hasTitle CFPB Director ⓘ
headOf Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalBasis Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ⓘ
memberOf Financial Stability Oversight Council ⓘ
officeLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
oversees CFPB consumer education and engagement functions ⓘ
CFPB research, markets, and regulations functions ⓘ
CFPB supervision, enforcement, and fair lending functions ⓘ
partOf Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ⓘ
reportsTo President of the United States ⓘ
responsibleFor consumer financial education initiatives ⓘ
enforcement of federal consumer financial laws ⓘ
handling consumer complaints about financial products and services ⓘ
regulation of consumer financial products and services ⓘ
rulemaking under federal consumer financial protection statutes ⓘ
supervision of certain financial institutions for compliance with consumer protection laws ⓘ
sector consumer protection ⓘ
financial regulation ⓘ
style Director ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
worksOn auto finance market oversight ⓘ
credit card market regulation ⓘ
credit reporting market oversight ⓘ
debt collection practices oversight ⓘ
mortgage lending regulation ⓘ
payday lending and small-dollar loan regulation ⓘ
student loan market regulation ⓘ

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Board of Directors of the FDIC → hasExOfficioMember → Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ⓘ
Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 → createdRegulator → CFPB Director position ⓘ
linked to: Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau