Payday lending

The agency will have to rework its strategy for amending its payday lending rule after a federal court rebuffed efforts to stop the rule from going into effect.

Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney had sided with two industry trade groups that sued the CFPB in April to invalidate the tough restrictions.

Mary Jackson, a former executive at Cash America International, succeeds Lisa McGreevy at the helm of the Arlington, Va.-based trade group.

Despite recent encouragement from the OCC, banks still struggle to make a profit on short-term loans.

The agency found no “systemic issues” in its review of other banks’ sales practices; some churches say the lenders are needed, others see the devil.

Payday lending stocks are beating records. Mostly because they're no longer payday lenders.

The agency’s recent bulletin could help banks get back into the small-dollar lending business, keeping needy borrowers out of debt traps. But other regulatory limits remain in focus.

Just two months ago, Comptroller Joseph Otting seemed to signal that the OCC might be open to letting national banks rent their charters to payday lenders. Now he is clarifying that it won’t happen.

An OCC initiative to get more banks to make short-term loans that rival those of payday lenders isn't enough of an enticement.

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While industry officials welcomed a bulletin from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency encouraging banks to develop alternatives to payday loans, they are making no commitments to offer such products.

The NCUA board is considering adding as many as two additional payday alternative loan options for credit unions, and regulators have clarified a rule on severance claims after involuntary credit union liquidations.

It's too late for Congress to overturn the consumer bureau's regulation on short-term lending, but acting Director Mick Mulvaney will have plenty of chances to reshape it.

Otting wants banks to make small loans to consumers; the German bank will reduce headcount by at least 7,000.

The agency's bulletin opens the door to banks' making more short-term loans to borrowers with lower credit scores — with few parameters beyond "sound underwriting."

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It's too late for Congress to overturn the consumer bureau's regulation on short-term lending, but acting Director Mick Mulvaney will have plenty of chances to reshape it.

Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney has dropped agency plans to crack down on overdraft programs and large marketplace lenders. Here's what else he's changing.

The agency’s rule restricting short-term loans ignores state discretion and harms needy borrowers, argues Louisiana’s attorney general.