Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Ronsenworcel recently announced a proposed directive to focus the FCC on AI’s burgeoning role in scam calls, particularly those targeting the elderly. The proposal will be presented at the November 15 commission meeting and would direct research into the strengths and weaknesses of generative AI, the role that AI plays in scamming consumers, and the role that AI may play in enforcing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
A Texas federal judge Thursday put the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s small-business data collection rule on hold nationwide, asserting an earlier injunction he issued — covering only certain banks — allows for a double standard.
The last two years have been exciting ones for CFPB Enforcement, even as we’ve faced down a challenge to the constitutionality of the CFPB’s funding and authority, and, fundamentally, to our mission. Of course, this is not the first time the CFPB has faced such challenges. But those challenges have never deterred us.
SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today he won a court order to shut down the websites and suspend the internet domains of two businesses and their owner that sent hundreds of thousands of deceptive texts and emails targeting Washington businesses and nonprofits
On October 25, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its sixth consumer credit card market biennial report to Congress as required under the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act (CARD Act). The report focuses on industry market dynamics, use of credit, cost of credit, availability of credit, and issuer practices.