All CFPB articles – Page 6
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ArticleWill Kraninger bring change to the CFPB?
With the Senate confirmation of new director Kathy Kraninger on Dec. 6, critics and supporters alike are pondering the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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Senate Dems serve up scathing rebuke of Mulvaney-led CFPB
A new report, released by Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee, details how they think Acting Director Mick Mulvaney “has undermined the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s mission to enforce consumer protections.”
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Banking groups petition for clarity on regulatory guidance
Two influential groups representing the interests of banks are petitioning the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for formal rulemaking regarding the use of supervisory guidance.
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ArticleCFPB pitches choose-your-own disclosure
The CFPB has proposed the creation of a regulatory “sandbox” for testing and approving new approaches to financial product disclosures.
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BlogState agencies may be final frontier for consumer advocates
As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau weakens, state agencies—mini-CFPBs if you will—may step up to fill the void.
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CFPB, amid controversy, names new advisory committees
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has announced the appointment of new experts from outside the federal government to the Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, and Credit Union Advisory Council.
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CFPB’s student loan ombudsman slams the door on his way out
The CFPB’s student loan ombudsman may have quit, but he is not going quietly. “After 10 months under your leadership, it has become clear that consumers no longer have a strong, independent consumer bureau on their side,” Seth Frotman told his former boss, Acting Director Mick Mulvaney.
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Senate Democrats demand Military Lending Act assurances from CFPB
All 49 Democrats on the U.S. Senate have written to CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney, urging him to forgo reported plans to end examinations for Military Lending Act compliance.
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Legislation seeks crackdown on bank overdraft fees
The recently filed Stop Overdraft Profiteering Act of 2018 would ban overdraft fees on debit card transactions and ATM withdrawals and limit fees placed for checks and recurring payments.
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CFPB settles payday lending enforcement action
A federal district court in the Western District of Missouri has approved a settlement between the CFPB and the owners of 20 interrelated corporate entities in the payday lending industry. The owners, it is alleged, illicitly accessed consumer bank accounts.
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CFPB amends Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act's privacy notice requirement
The CFPB will amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to allow banks that meet certain requirements to be exempt from sending annual privacy notices to their customers.
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BlogCFPB helps launch international financial innovation coalition
The CFPB, working with foreign financial regulators, has announced an initiative to create the Global Financial Innovation Network, intended to provide a more efficient way for innovative firms to interact with regulators.
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CFPB nominee stonewalls way through Senate hearing
Kathy Kraninger is likely to prevail as President Trump’s nominee to head the CFPB, despite her evasive performance during a hearing before the Senate Banking Committee.
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BlogSenate Democrats demand that CFPB reinstate advisory board
A coalition of Senate Democrats is demanding that Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, who also heads the CFPB, detail how the latter agency will reassemble its recently disbanded Consumer Advisory Board.
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NY federal judge declares CFPB unconstitutional
With latest volley in ongoing debates over the constitutionality of the CFPB, a federal judge in New York ruled on Thursday that the Bureau’s current structure is unconstitutional.
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White House nominates successor for Mulvaney at CFPB
With Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s tenure at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau scheduled to end, by statute, on June 22, the White House has nominated Kathy Kraninger, his subordinate at the Office of Management and Budget, to take over.
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BlogCFPB’s Mulvaney disbands Consumer Advisory Board
Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the CFPB, has disbanded his agency’s Consumer Advisory Board, dismissing 25 outside experts who were intended to help shape agency policy. It is the latest in a series of moves to reshape the Bureau into Mulvaney’s more business-friendly vision.
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Along with name change, plans afoot to rethink CFPB enforcement
Throughout the month, a flurry of commenters has weighed in on efforts to potentially reshape the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s enforcement policies.
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SEC tries to placate mandatory arbitration fears
In response to House Democrats, SEC Chairman Jay Clayton is once again assuring the public there are no immediate plans to allow companies to demand dispute arbitration in IPO filings and corporate governance documents.
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Senate Democrats issue report on Equifax breach, chide CFPB's inaction
The Equifax data breach was even worse than initially feared, say Senate Democrats who accuse the CFPB for its lack of a “robust investigation” and plans to make its complaint database private.