FTC Business Guidance & Enforcement
Federal Trade Commission business guidance, enforcement actions, and rules — covering UDAAP-adjacent consumer protection, FCRA and FDCPA enforcement, advertising substantiation, telemarketing, and the rules governing non-bank financial actors outside CFPB authority.
What's indexed
Business guidance
Compliance guides for businesses on FTC-enforced consumer protection law
Enforcement actions
Cases, consent orders, and administrative proceedings
FTC rules
Telemarketing Sales Rule, CAN-SPAM, COPPA, FCRA-adjacent rules, and others
FCRA / FDCPA enforcement
Fair Credit Reporting Act and Fair Debt Collection Practices Act actions
Advertising substantiation
Guidance on truth-in-advertising and endorsement standards
Non-bank financial enforcement
Lending, payments, and fintech actions outside CFPB primary authority
Why it matters
The FTC's authority under Section 5 of the FTC Act overlaps with CFPB's UDAAP authority and reaches non-bank actors that fall outside CFPB jurisdiction. Compliance teams and AI products covering consumer protection, advertising, telemarketing, or non-bank lending need FTC business guidance and enforcement actions to define the standard of care and the boundary of acceptable conduct.
Who it's for
Consumer-protection compliance teams across non-bank financial services
AI agents grounding answers in authoritative FTC consumer-protection guidance
Marketing, advertising, and telemarketing compliance teams
Lending, payments, and BNPL platforms outside CFPB primary authority
Legal counsel responding to FTC inquiries and consent decrees
RegTech platforms covering UDAAP, FCRA, FDCPA, and advertising compliance
Freshness
Updated weekly. New FTC business guidance, enforcement actions, and rule announcements typically indexed within days of publication on ftc.gov.