Kate Berry

Karl K. Klessig provided a fraudulent loan document and forged a signature in an application last year to acquire control of Golden Pacific Bancorp, according to the Federal Reserve.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s unified agenda was quietly released this week, and it shows that rules on consumer access to financial records and small-business data collection are top priorities. 

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a proposal that could ultimately lead to tougher limits on what banks and other issuers charge cardholders for late payments.

The director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he plans to take a fresh look at the Qualified Mortgage rule, the CARD Act and other long-standing rules.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent a mass email to thousands of the bank's customers and former employees to gather information about the possible creation of phony accounts. Critics — including a federal judge — say the CFPB asked leading questions and may have overstepped its bounds.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra wants to determine if people are able to get prompt responses from the 175 banks and credit unions with more than $10 billion of assets.

A new study has found that Black and Hispanic borrowers are denied conventional mortgages at higher rates than white applicants and pay up to $2,000 more to refinance.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ended the first “no action letter” agreement with a fintech that had provided immunity from regulatory actions.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau want financial institutions to provide more outreach to non-English speakers, a move that could foreshadow multilingual disclosure mandates.

California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation is seeking public comment to provide guidance, regulatory clarity and supervision of crypto financial products and services.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau first completed its rules for payday lenders in 2017, but industry litigation has successfully kept the rule from being enforced.

Companies that use artificial intelligence or machine learning in their loan decisions are legally required to provide a specific explanation when applications get denied, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said in a policy statement.

The bureau’s new office of competition and innovation will promote competition, host events and seek to make it easier for consumers to switch financial providers.

In a 5-4 Supreme Court decision two years ago, the bureau’s rulemakings survived intact. But a pair of pending cases that challenge the agency's funding through the Federal Reserve are again seeking to invalidate every action the CFPB has taken since 2010.

Ryan, the chief executive of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors since 2011, died unexpectedly Monday night at his home in Washington. He played a critical role in representing states’ interests in some of the most important banking policy debates of recent decades.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is hiring more enforcement attorneys, building out its capacity for data collection related to fair-lending exams.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra is pushing the envelope of the bureau's power and jurisdiction in untested ways. More companies are disputing the CFPB’s allegations, refusing to pay large fines or admit wrongdoing, and vowing to defend themselves in court. 

Borrowers must be protected against discrimination at all steps of the credit process — including after they’ve already been granted credit, the regulator affirmed.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed more actions against redlining and discriminatory practices in 2021 and is skeptical that that predictive analytics will reduce bias.

Bank of America will pay a $10 million fine to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and refund fees to 3,700 customers over allegations that it processed illegal out-of-state garnishment orders.