Policy & Regulation

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau extended the effective date for its prepaid card rule to April 2019 and carved out an exception for arrangements where digital wallets are linked to a credit card.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau extended the effective date for its prepaid card rule to April 2019 and carved out an exception for arrangements where digital wallets are linked to a credit card.

Regulators said they were taking steps to recognize contributions to the recovery made by banks anywhere in the nation.

CFPB opponents trying to use the spending bill to put the agency's budget under congressional appropriations must be stopped.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a request for information Wednesday seeking comment on the bureau's process for investigating companies that face possible enforcement actions.

Many in the industry applauded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new mission statement shifting the agency's focus away from using enforcement actions as a substitute for rules of the road.

The Community Home Lenders Association sent a letter to the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday laying out its priorities for GSE reform.

Supporters of an unreleased bill to revamp the housing finance system say the plan strikes a middle ground that can gain support from both sides of the aisle.

Upper chamber approves nomination to succeed Janet Yellen; Twitter’s operations chief to take over online lender in March.

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.