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MEDIA RELEASE The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) through the Office of Consumer Protection (OCP) announced that it has partnered with the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and four other states in the CFPB’s first joint enforcement action against a nationwide debt-relief services company that illegally charged advance fees for its services. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has published its first major final rule that implements section 1073 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The new final rule will create a comprehensive new system of consumer protections for remittance transfers sent by consumers in the United States to foreign countries. U.S. […]

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