U.S. consumer protection agency fields nearly one million complaints

Reuters

Published Sep 20, 2016 09:23PM ET

U.S. consumer protection agency fields nearly one million complaints

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading consumer protection agency has fielded nearly 1 million complaints in a database that helped investigate client abuse at Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), the head of the agency told lawmakers on Tuesday.

Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said the agency expects to reach 1 million complaints by the end of the week.