Latest developments from the CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau), regulator of consumer protection actions among financial institutions and other organizations.
A vote on the nomination of Kathleen (“Kathy”) Kraninger to be director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP, formerly known as the CFPB) is set for Thursday by the Senate Banking Committee. The […]
Two out of the top three topic areas of the recently concluded “call for evidence” by the federal consumer financial protection agency about how it is performing its role were the subject of roundtables held […]
One week after the “comments due” date had passed on the final of 12 requests for information (RFIs) from the federal consumer financial protection agency, the total of 88,564 letters received overwhelmingly focuses on three […]
A Minnesota banking company has agreed to pay $25 million in restitution to customers for “obscured” overdraft fees that they were charged, and has agreed to an injunction to prevent future violations, the federal consumer […]
A “small dollar lender” which operates under the name “Quik Pawn Shop” (among others) faces a judgment of $1.5 million for failing to properly disclose finance charges associated with its auto title loans – but […]
Kathleen Kraninger, the president’s choice to head the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (BCFP), in her brief opening statement and during Q&A, embraced the bureau’s mission but revealed little detail during a Senate Banking Committee […]
The acting director of the federal consumer protection bureau on Wednesday announced the appointment of Paul Watkins as the “director” of the recently created Office of Innovation, which will take over the work that was […]
A congressional oversight agency review of civil money penalty (CMP) reporting by federal agencies does not contain information from federal financial institution regulators, primarily because those agencies are not generally required to file agency financial […]
The House, on Tuesday voting 406-4, passed a broad, bipartisan capital-formation measure that would also reduce the frequency of banking company resolution plans (living wills), provide a safe harbor for financial institutions keeping some suspicious […]
The final of 12 “requests for information” (RFI) from the federal consumer financial protection agency generated 792 comments as of midnight Monday, contributing to a grand total of more than 88,000 comments submitted on the […]
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