Sources and uses of data at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection

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Consumer Finance Protection Bureau. Sources and uses of data at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-02-19. https://doi.org/10.3886/E220145V1

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Project Title:  View help for Project Title Sources and uses of data at the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection
Summary:  View help for Summary The Dodd-Frank Act states that the Bureau "shall seek to implement and … enforce Federal consumer financial law consistently for the purpose of ensuring that all consumers have access to markets for consumer financial products and services and that [those markets] are fair, transparent, and competitive." Data informs this work to a great extent.To fulfill its statutory functions and obligations, the Bureau obtains data to inform its decisions.  These activities include:  
  • Writing rules, supervising companies, and enforcing the law
  • Taking consumer complaints
  • Providing financial education
  • Researching the consumer experience of using financial products
  • Monitoring financial markets for new risks to consumers
This report describes the Bureau’s data governance program as well as what data the Bureau collects, where the data come from, how data are used, and how data are reused within the Bureau.  On June 27, 2019, the Bureau published a supplement that includes information on voluntarily-provided consumer data assets and the third-party costs associated with the purchase and/or collection of information.

Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.consumerfinance.gov/data-research/research-reports/sources-and-uses-data-bureau-consumer-financial-protection/



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