US Medical Term · regulatory
CFPB
CFPB (Oficina de Protección Financiera del Consumidor)
In 9 languages
| Language | Term |
|---|---|
| English | CFPB |
| Spanish (Español) | CFPB (Oficina de Protección Financiera del Consumidor) |
| Chinese (中文) | 消费者金融保护局 |
| Korean (한국어) | 소비자금융보호국 |
| Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) | Cục Bảo vệ Tài chính Người tiêu dùng |
| Filipino (Tagalog) | CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) |
| Portuguese (Português) | CFPB (Agência de Proteção Financeira do Consumidor) |
| Thai (ภาษาไทย) | สำนักงานคุ้มครองผู้บริโภคด้านการเงิน |
| Japanese (日本語) | 消費者金融保護局 |
What it means
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a federal agency established in 2011 to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, or abusive financial practices. For patients with medical debt, the CFPB is an important resource: it enforces the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which limits how debt collectors can contact you and prohibits harassment; it accepts consumer complaints against debt collectors, credit bureaus, and medical billing companies; and it has taken action to limit how medical debt can appear on credit reports. If you believe a debt collector is harassing you or a credit bureau has wrongly reported a medical debt, you can submit a complaint at consumerfinance.gov. The CFPB also publishes guides on understanding your rights with medical debt.
How to say it
Sentences a patient might use with a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, or insurer:
I filed a CFPB complaint against the debt collector who called me ten times a day.
Presenté una queja ante el CFPB contra el cobrador de deudas que me llamaba diez veces al día.
The CFPB took action to remove medical debt from credit reports.
El CFPB tomó medidas para eliminar las deudas médicas de los informes de crédito.
You can report abusive debt collection to the CFPB online at consumerfinance.gov.
Puede reportar el cobro abusivo de deudas al CFPB en línea en consumerfinance.gov.
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Last reviewed: September 2026