... felt by ordinary Americans who rely on credit cards, home loans and other financial instruments." The Consumer Financial Protection Agency would take over oversight of mortgages, requiring that lenders give customers the option of "plain vanilla ...

... President Obama's plan for financial regulatory reform. A key part of that plan is the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. That agency would replace the Federal Reserve and other banking regulators as the primary federal supervisor ...

... it matter what they want? These are the questions raised by the Obama administration's proposal for a Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). Traditionally, consumer protection in the United States has focused on disclosure. It has ...