The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released an auto loan shopping toolkit as a part of its Know Before You Owe consumer financial education initiative. The tool was informed by findings from focus groups and complaints within the bureau’s consumer complaint database. Read the report in Dodd Frank Update ’s Library.

As part of its mortgage servicing proposals, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a report on its sample periodic statements for bankruptcy that creditors, assignees and servicers would be required to share with borrowers. Check out the bureau’s findings of test participants’ understanding of the statements.

The Federal Trade Commission issued a report about the potential benefits and setback of using big data – the use of massive quantities of information on potential consumers. This report looks at what big data is, how it is used and what it can do for your business.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Ombudsman’s Office is required to release an annual report to the CFPB Director detailing concerns it has heard from industry, trade groups and consumers. For a look at the latest report, visit the Dodd Frank Update Library.

In its ninth issue of Supervisory Highlights , the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reports on its examination findings in consumer reporting, debt collection, mortgage origination, mortgage servicing, student loan servicing and fair lending. As in past editions, this report includes information about recent public enforcement actions. The report also includes information on supervision program developments, such as the bureau’s new Automobile Finance examination procedures, updated mortgage origina...

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray appeared before the House Financial Services Committee Sept. 29 to discuss the bureau’s seventh Semi-Annual Report, which was released June 15, and covers the bureau’s activities from Oct. 1, 2014, through March 31, 2015.

The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Counsil released a report detailing the 2014 data collected under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Read the report here.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Housing Finance Administration have released a technical report detail the data collection methods used for developing its National Mortgage Database.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its second consumer complaint snapshot, highlighting trends in credit reporting and in Los Angeles. 

The Financial Stability Oversight Council issued its 2015 annual report, highlighting several areas of risk to financial stability and providing general recommendations as regulators and market participants move forward. In addition to discussing cybersecurity and housing finance reform, two new topics featured in this year’s report included central counterparties and changes in the market structure.