December 31 2025

The CFPB’s Overdraft Missive Misses the Mark

The CFPB’s Overdraft Missive Misses the Mark

The CFPB's concerns about unbanked and underbanked consumers are noble, but fail to appreciate what has caused the problem: over-reaching regulations from the CFPB and other agencies implementing Dodd-Frank. Pre-Dodd-Frank, 76% of all bank accounts were free to the consumer. In 2013, only 38% were. [2/5/16]