All CFPB articles – Page 7
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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.
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Warren hits CFPB director with 100-question quizzing
The latest move in the ongoing chess match between Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney is the legislator’s demand for answers to more than 100 questions relating to the Bureau’s policies and actions.
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GUIDE Act targets CFPB’s rulemaking transparency
The recently filed Give Useful Information to Define Effective Compliance Act (or, for short, GUIDE Act), seeks to “bring predictability and transparency” to CFPB’s process of promulgating rules and guidance.
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What Wells Fargo’s woes could mean for near future of bank regulation
A $1 billion fine may set the stage for even harsher enforcement actions against Wells Fargo and their big bank brethren, despite the deregulatory zeal taking hold at the Federal Reserve and other agencies.
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Wells Fargo fined $1B by OCC, CFPB
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, in a coordinated action with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, assessed a total civil money penalty of $1 billion against Wells Fargo Bank for engaging in abusive lending practices concerning its auto loans.
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Battle over CFPB's auto loan guidance could expand scope of CRA
A Senate vote on Tuesday invalidated CFPB guidance on automobile lending practices and could give legislators greater ability to deploy the Congressional Review Act as a tool for regulatory rollbacks.
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CFPB seeks public input on complaint collection
Amid its current overhaul under new leadership, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking feedback on its process for logging consumer complaints.
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Acting CFPB director wants a radical overhaul of the agency
In the pages of the CFPB’s semi-annual report, Acting Director Mick Mulvaney included four recommendations for legislative changes to the agency. “The Bureau is far too powerful, with precious little oversight of its activities,” he said.
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CFPB launches public review of complaint database
Continuing a top-down reassessment of operations and policies, the CFPB has settled on its next review target: its controversial complaint database.
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CFPB is latest agency questioned over fake comments
Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) is requesting an investigation into the "widespread submission of fake public comments" during the CFPB's consideration of its payday lending rule.
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CFPB reviews supervisory processes, reveals multi-year strategic plan
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is continuing a public consultation process that coincides with a five-year strategic plan for its operations, goals, and priorities.