CFPB News & Analysis
CFPB News & Analysis
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CUNA and NAFCU have asked the bureau to stop publishing consumer complaints and allow NCUA to handle that process for credit unions.
July 17 -
The CFPB said National Credit Adjusters had hired third-party collectors that routinely inflated the amounts that customers owed.
July 13 -
Members of the panel and two other advisory boards were all terminated in June and told they could not reapply for their positions.
July 13 -
Readers weigh in on Mulvaney's plans to shake up the CFPB, respond to banks chasing hot tech trends, applaud fintech-bank partnerships and more.
July 12 -
Senators at a hearing Thursday discussed a bill establishing an online portal for consumers to monitor their credit reports free of cost.
July 12 -
Raj Date’s new firm, FS Vector, will help cryptocurrency firms and digital upstarts navigate Washington.
July 12 -
The Supreme Court nominee’s views on CFPB and the Chevron doctrine are considered favorable for the industry, but some say weakening agency deference is a double-edged sword.
July 12 -
The acting director’s proposal to subject the agency’s rules to congressional approval provides an important and overlooked check on administrative power.
July 12 -
The agency, with others, will work to stop consumer fraud; manager of four Morgan Stanley L.A. offices allegedly ignored harassment allegations.
July 12 -
The Supreme Court nominee’s views on the CFPB and the Chevron doctrine are considered favorable for the industry, but some say weakening agency deference is a double-edged sword.
July 11 -
A law designed to minimize the drawbacks of short-term loans and other alternative financial products may have helped legitimize them.
July 11 -
If the GOP keeps the Senate, the Pennsylvania Republican, who has pressed for bigger changes to the Dodd-Frank Act than recently enacted regulatory relief legislation, could be the next banking chair. Here's what that means for credit unions.
July 10 -
Leandra English said she plans to leave the agency and drop a lawsuit that sought to install her as director of the consumer agency; the stock exchange’s CTO is joining the Winklevoss twins’ Gemini firm.
July 9 -
Leandra English, who sued President Trump and Mick Mulvaney last year claiming to be the rightful director of the CFPB, said Friday that she plans to resign and drop the litigation.
July 6 -
One firm's inability to access bank data shows how fragile fintechs can be; payments processor Square quietly withdraws bank application; turnover of chief risk officers is on the rise; and more from this week's most-read stories.
July 6 -
Readers weigh in on inequality in financial services, opine on falling bank reputations, chime in on the evolving role of the chief risk officer and more.
July 5 -
The agency will advise lenders on how to obtain partial exemptions from Home Mortgage Disclosure Act requirements that Congress adopted this spring.
July 5 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's practice of "regulation by enforcement" and use of nonbinding guidance materials makes its regulatory efforts "unfair and ineffective" to lenders and servicers, the Mortgage Bankers Association said.
July 5 -
If the GOP keeps the Senate, the Pennsylvania Republican, who has pressed for bigger changes to the Dodd-Frank Act than recently enacted regulatory relief legislation, could be the next banking chair. Here's what that means.
July 5 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it did not issue an additional penalty because Citibank self-reported that it failed to reduce interest charges for 1.75 million credit card customers.
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