On the CFPB’s Fifth Birthday, Senator Warren Celebrates the Bureau’s Achievements
By Americans for Financial Reform
This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) turns five years old. AFR and a large number of consumer, civil rights, and community-based groups celebrated the anniversary, noting that life is better for American families and neighborhoods because the CFPB is at work fighting predatory lending and financial abuse. In addition to winning the praise of advocates, recent polling has shown that there is overwhelming, bipartisan support by the public for the work of the Bureau.
Senator Elizabeth Warren also delivered her own accolades to the Bureau in a video message that stresses the importance of its good work. In it, she notes that in just five short years, the CFPB has “ returned over $11 billion to consumers who were cheated on their mortgages, credit cards, checking accounts, and other financial products.”