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27 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Access to Consumer Financial Data: Open Banking and the CFPB’s Section 1033 Rule
2025-09-30 · Resources · IF13117 · HTML available · PDF available
Congress Repeals CFPB’s Overdraft Rule
2025-09-10 · Posts · IN12513 · HTML available · PDF available
Overdraft: Payment Service or Small-Dollar Credit?
2025-09-10 · Resources · IF11460 · HTML available · PDF available
An Overview of Medical Debt: Collection, Credit Reporting, and Related Policy Issues
2025-08-29 · Resources · IF12169 · HTML available · PDF available
Financial Fraud and Scams: The Roles of Federal Law Enforcement and Financial Regulators
2025-08-26 · Resources · IF13094 · HTML available · PDF available
P.L. 119-21, the FY2025 Reconciliation Law, Title III: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
2025-07-16 · Posts · IN12579 · HTML available · PDF available
P.L. 119-21, the FY2025 Reconciliation Law, Provisions Related to CFPB Funding
2025-07-16 · Posts · IN12578 · HTML available · PDF available
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Budget: Background, Trends, and Policy Options
2025-06-16 · Reports · R48295 · HTML available · PDF available
Congress Repeals Rule That Would Have Subjected Large, Nonbank Digital Wallet and Payment App Providers to CFPB Supervision
2025-06-12 · Resources · IF12935 · HTML available · PDF available
Interest Rate Caps on Credit Cards
2025-05-22 · Resources · IF12861 · HTML available · PDF available
One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Title V, House Committee on Financial Services
2025-05-22 · Posts · IN12552 · HTML available · PDF available
One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Title V, Provisions Related to CFPB Funding
2025-05-22 · Posts · IN12551 · HTML available · PDF available
Introduction to Financial Services: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
2025-05-09 · Resources · IF10031 · HTML available · PDF available
Introduction to Financial Services: Consumer Finance
2025-04-01 · Resources · IF11682 · HTML available · PDF available
Short-Term Rental Markets: A Primer
2025-02-24 · Resources · IF12920 · HTML available · PDF available
Elder Financial Exploitation
2025-02-12 · Posts · IN12462 · HTML available · PDF available
Regulatory Sandboxes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
2025-01-15 · Resources · IF12875 · HTML available · PDF available
Consumer-Style Protections for Small Businesses: Issues and Options for Congress
2024-11-25 · Reports · R48281 · HTML available · PDF available
Alternative Data in Financial Services
2024-11-07 · Resources · IF11630 · HTML available · PDF available
Science and Technology Issues for the 118th Congress
2024-10-15 · Reports · R47373 · HTML available · PDF available
Overview of the Truth in Lending Act
2024-09-19 · Resources · IF12769 · HTML available · PDF available
Sports Gambling and Consumer Finance
2024-09-12 · Resources · IF12761 · HTML available · PDF available
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Finalizes Rule for a Registry of Nonbank Covered Orders
2024-08-29 · Resources · IF12751 · HTML available · PDF available
Financial Services and General Government FY2025 Appropriations: CFPB’s Funding and Structure Provisions
2024-08-21 · Posts · IN12409 · HTML available · PDF available
Rapidly Growing “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) Financing: Market Developments and Policy Issues
2024-08-08 · Resources · IF12734 · HTML available · PDF available
Financial Inclusion: Access to Bank Accounts
2024-08-02 · Resources · IF11631 · HTML available · PDF available
Earned Wage Access Products
2024-07-31 · Resources · IF12727 · HTML available · PDF available