Mission

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) is an independent bureau within the Federal Reserve System that empowers consumers with the information they need to make financial decisions in the best interests of them and their families. The CFPB was created under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act).

The purpose of the CFPB is to promote fairness and transparency for mortgages, credit cards, and other consumer financial products and services. The CFPB will set and enforce clear, consistent rules that allow banks and other consumer financial services providers to compete on a level playing field and that let consumers see clearly the costs and features of products and services.

The functions of the CFPB to assist people in borrowing money or using other financial services include: implementing and enforcing Federal consumer financial laws; reviewing business practices to ensure that financial services providers are following the law; monitoring the marketplace and taking appropriate action to make sure markets work as transparently as they can for consumers; and establishing a toll-free consumer hotline and website for complaints and questions about consumer financial products and services.

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Outlays (in millions of dollars)

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Year Outlay Year Outlay Year Outlay
1962   1991   2020 512
1963   1992   2021 660
1964   1993   2022 684
1965   1994   2023 766
1966   1995   2024 894*
1967   1996   2025 787*
1968   1997   2026 860*
1969   1998   2027 874*
1970   1999   2028 894*
1971   2000   2029 916*
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1982   2011 81    
1983   2012 234    
1984   2013 357    
1985   2014 432    
1986   2015 507    
1987   2016 640    
1988   2017 893    
1989   2018 655    
1990   2019 464    
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Employee Counts

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Year Count Year Count Year Count
1962   1991   2020 1,492
1963   1992   2021 1,581
1964   1993   2022 1,617
1965   1994   2023 1,671
1966   1995   2024 1,687
1967   1996      
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1981   2010      
1982   2011 647    
1983   2012 967    
1984   2013 1,313    
1985   2014 1,407    
1986   2015 1,507    
1987   2016 1,614    
1988   2017 1,657    
1989   2018 1,501    
1990   2019 1,419    
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