Mick Mulvaney

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Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s decision to halt the collection of consumer data renders bank exams less effective and ignores existing cybersecurity protections, the Massachusetts senator argues.

In a strongly worded memo to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Tuesday, acting Director Mick Mulvaney indicated the bureau will value the concerns of companies it regulates to the same extent as consumers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appears to have concluded no enforcement action is necessary for World Acceptance Corp., which had been accused of trying to profit from repeat borrowers.

Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said his zero-funding request for the agency is not meant to drain it of resources.

A federal appeals court on Tuesday agreed to expedite the appeal brought by Leandra English, the deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau who has sought to unseat acting Director Mick Mulvaney.

In a blow to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal judge rejected the agency's request for over $280 million in penalties against the California lender CashCall, ruling that the lender's violations did not justify such a large fine.

An exclusive look at the Senate's tightly held housing finance plan drew the most interest from readers this week, while TD's foray into AI and the roller coaster at CFPB also dominated attention.

Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney has cited hundreds of confirmed and suspected data breaches as justification for his halting the bureau's data collection activities last month.

"I've told people from the day I walked in there, I wasn't there to burn the place down or blow it up," the consumer bureau's acting director said at a White House briefing.

The agency’s acting director has recruited several conservative staff members who will likely prove instrumental in charting its future.

Jonathan Dever, a Republican Ohio state representative and defense lawyer, is being touted as a top candidate to lead the bureau, according to multiple insiders.

Readers react to Mick Mulvaney launching a public review of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, weigh in on the Senate’s bill to ease some Dodd-Frank rules, opine on how the wave of GOP departures will affect banks and more.

If anyone has doubted that acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney intends to overhaul the agency, the last three days alone have put those doubts to rest.

The agency had accused the lenders of deceiving consumers and failing to disclose the true cost of the loans, which carried interest rates as high as 950% a year.

Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has requested no funding from the Federal Reserve in the second quarter and instead will use reserves to fund the agency.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces significant obstacles in reopening the payday lending rule including likely legal challenges and a lengthy compliance process with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Acting CFPB director Mick Mulvaney issued "a call for evidence" Wednesday seeking comment on all of the consumer agency's functions, including enforcement, supervision, rulemaking, market monitoring and education activities.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Tuesday it will reopen the payday lending rule, on the same day the controversial rule technically went into effect.

Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union's case against the appointment of Mick Mulvaney as head of the CFPB turns on whether it has standing to sue.