Chicago to Provide CFPB with Intel on Lenders

December 06, 2012 11:19 AM

Chicago will become the first city in the nation to provide the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with information about local lenders' activities, including potentially fraudulent ones. The CFPB's Richard Cordray hopes other municipalities will follow suit.

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