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The federal agency announced Friday that it was breaking up its complaint database by state and adding money transfer and credit reporting complaints to its already comprehensive look at consumer issues.
May 31 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's effort to analyze the mortgage market has touched off a debate about privacy and whether the agency is going too far in its collection of financial data.
July 1 -
The senior officer loan survey, which is released by the Fed every three months, asked both large U.S. banks and foreign banks about the effect the new ability-to-pay and qualified mortgage rules were having on approval rates for various types of home purchase loans.
August 4 -
The agency's "Supervisory Highlights" report focused on a slew of issues and federal violations that the agency found while examining payday lenders, debt collectors and consumer reporting agencies that resulted in $70 million in remediation payments to consumers.
May 22
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has turned to a technology expert for a little help.
Jim Van Dyke, the chief executive officer of Javelin Strategy & Research, has joined the bureau's 25-member consumer advisory board, the CFPB said in press release Thursday.
Van Dyke was the founder of Javelin, which specializes in emerging technology for the financial services industry. Last year he
"Consumers and industry in the U.S. need federal agencies to coordinate better, in order to realize the noble goals the CFPB set for our vital industry," Van Dyke said at the time.
On Thursday he urged financial services firms to offer input on how "we can work together" to establish policies that promote innovation.
"While regulation is often a method to prevent undesirable activities, I'm on the lookout for the next Check-21-like opportunity, so policymakers can open or hasten new innovations that help everyone win," Van Dyke said in the release.
The advisory board's members are experts in consumer protection, community development, fair lending, civil rights and banking for underserved communities.