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The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was signed into law by President Obama in July 2010, addressing each of these topics to varying degrees. Among other things, it created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 (BAPCPA) (Pub. L. 109–8 (text), 119 Stat. 23, enacted April 20, 2005) is a legislative act that made several significant changes to the United States Bankruptcy Code.
Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; Long title: An Act to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.
Consumer Credit Protection Act of 1968; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993; Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act; Consumer Product Safety Act; Consumer Protection Act; Consumer Protection Act (Quebec) Consumer Protection Act 1987; Consumer Protection Act, 1986; Consumer Protection Act, 2019; Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 ...
The authority of the United States Department of the Treasury to establish and manage TARP under a newly created Office of Financial Stability became law October 3, 2008, the result of an initial proposal that ultimately was passed by Congress as H.R. 1424, enacting the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and several other acts. [8] [9]
source: Final Report of the National Commission on the Causes of the Financial and Economic Crisis in the United States, p.229, figure 11.4 Credit rating agencies came under scrutiny following the mortgage crisis for giving investment-grade, "money safe" ratings to securitized mortgages (in the form of securities known as mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and collateralized debt obligations ...
Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973; Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, 1999; Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, 2005; Consumer Credit Protection Act, 1968; Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 2010; Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, 2009
Former U.S. Senator Chris Dodd, then-chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, remarked about the Fed's role in the present economic crisis, "We saw over the last number of years when they took on consumer protection responsibilities and the regulation of bank holding companies, it was an abysmal ...