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Fact Sheet: Older Americans Deserve a Strong Consumer Bureau to Protect them from Unfair Financial Practices

FactSheetOlderAmericans_8-29.pdf | 110.4 KB
August 29, 2011
Too many older Americans have paid the price for an outdated regulatory system that has left our financial system vulnerable to collapse and our families without adequate protections. In the summer of 2010, Congress passed and President Obama signed the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to rein in excessive risk on Wall Street and preserve economic opportunity on Main Street. This comprehensive financial reform, which put in place the strongest consumer financial protections in history, included the creation of a new, dedicated Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).

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