CFPB News & Analysis
CFPB News & Analysis
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A new director of the consumer bureau must focus on how a still-relatively-young agency matures while maintaining a positive consumer protection agenda.
January 26 -
Regardless of what happens with the politically uncertain consumer bureau, consumer data access is an example of a CFPB issue that is apolitical.
January 25 -
Bank customers will be able to check information on Mint, TurboTax and QuickBooks without sharing their JPM passwords; Treasury secretary nominee says regulation should account for bank "complexity and activity"
January 25 -
Democratic attorneys general in 16 states and the District of Columbia have asked to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a controversial appeals court case, citing an "urgent" need to protect its director, Richard Cordray, from being fired by President Donald J. Trump.
January 24 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Director Richard Cordray refused to comment on how he would respond if President Donald J. Trump asked for his resignation, but said the independence of the consumer watchdog agency was "worth fighting for."
January 24 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is ramping up enforcement actions ahead of a possible political showdown between President Donald J. Trump and the agency’s director, Richard Cordray.
January 23 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered two units of Citigroup to pay a combined $28.8 million for failing to help borrowers with foreclosure relief.
January 23 -
The financial services industry has high hopes that President Trump will usher in a new era of less regulation and economic growth. Here are challenges his administration will face.
January 20 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday
sued TCF National Bank for what the bureau said were deceptive and abusive practices in selling overdraft services.January 19 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and two states on Wednesday sued the nation's largest student loan servicer, Navient, for allegedly systematic failures in processing loan payments and failing to enroll borrowers in less expensive repayment plans.
January 18 -
A House Republican report, charging that Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray "may have broken the law" when the agency cracked down on auto lenders, appeared to escalate the GOP's clash with the agency.
January 18 -
Navient Corp. was sued by a U.S. regulator over allegations that the student loan giant "systematically" cheated borrowers.
January 18 -
Top Democrats vowed Tuesday to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, predicting Director Richard Cordray will file a lawsuit if he were fired by Donald Trump after he is sworn in as president.
January 17 -
Banks and credit unions are trying to stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from allowing consumers to rank how companies handle complaints on a one- to five-star scale.
January 13 -
Bankers are trying to stop the CFPB from allowing consumers to rank how companies handle complaints on a one- to five-star scale and to publish narratives of consumer experiences in an online public database.
January 13 -
A top official with the incoming Trump administration said Thursday that the president-elect is considering former Rep. Randy Neugebauer to run the CFPB, the first clear sign that he intends to dismiss Richard Cordray.
January 12 -
Mary Lynn Lenz shares some insight on M&A challenges and turnaround success, Sallie Krawcheck says Wall Street diversity can't get worse and Ginni Rometty explains why IBM bought Promontory.
January 12 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday warned about the risks of the online debt sales, alleging that sensitive personal and financial information is available in some instances to any visitor to a debt marketplace website.
January 12 -
Sen. Elizabeth Warren rallied progressives on Tuesday night to launch a campaign to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Dodd-Frank Act.
January 11 -
House Democrats sent a letter Tuesday to President-elect Donald J. Trump, urging him to reject calls by Republicans to fire Richard Cordray.
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