Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010

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The Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 is a U.S. federal law enacted as part of the Dodd–Frank Act that created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and overhauled consumer financial protection regulation in areas such as mortgages, credit cards, and other financial products.

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instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
consumer protection law ⓘ
aimsTo ensure fair, transparent, and competitive markets for consumer financial products and services ⓘ
promote transparency in consumer financial products ⓘ
authorizes enforcement actions against unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices ⓘ
rulemaking for consumer financial laws ⓘ
supervision of certain nonbank financial institutions ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 12 of the United States Code ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ⓘ
createdRegulator CFPB Director position ⓘ
defines unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts or practices in consumer finance ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
establishes Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity ⓘ
Office of Financial Education ⓘ
Office of Older Americans ⓘ
Office of Service Member Affairs ⓘ
focusesOn consumer financial protection regulation ⓘ
grantsEnforcementAuthorityTo Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
limits arbitration clauses in certain consumer financial contracts ⓘ
partOf Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ⓘ
protects consumers of financial products and services ⓘ
providesFor independent funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ⓘ
purpose to consolidate and strengthen consumer financial protection authorities ⓘ
to protect consumers in the financial marketplace ⓘ
regulates consumer loans ⓘ
credit cards ⓘ
mortgage lending ⓘ
other consumer financial products and services ⓘ
payday loans ⓘ
private student loans ⓘ
relatedTo Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ⓘ
requires data collection on consumer financial markets ⓘ
simplified disclosures for consumer financial products ⓘ
shortName CFPA ⓘ
signedBy Barack Obama ⓘ
strengthens enforcement of existing consumer financial protection statutes ⓘ
titleOfDoddFrank Title X ⓘ
transferredAuthorityFrom Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ⓘ
Federal Reserve Board ⓘ
Federal Trade Commission ⓘ
National Credit Union Administration ⓘ
Office of Thrift Supervision ⓘ
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ⓘ
yearEnacted 2010 ⓘ

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Electronic Fund Transfer Act → relatedTo → Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 ⓘ
Regulation DD → relatedTo → Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 ⓘ
Title X – Consumer Financial Protection → alsoKnownAs → Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 ⓘ
FCRA → relatedTo → Consumer Financial Protection Act ⓘ
linked to: Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010