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[ November 21, 2024 ] Bureau finalizes rule extending supervision over digital payment wallet apps CFPB
[ November 21, 2024 ] Number of credit unions with low exam ratings rose in third quarter; strain on balance sheets, consumers, noted NCUA
[ November 21, 2024 ] CFPB publishes adjustments to thresholds under TILA, FCRA CFPB
[ November 21, 2024 ] Ex-CEO of failed Kansas bank prohibited from financial institutions after cryptocurrency scheme The Fed
[ November 18, 2024 ] Final rule provides ‘sharper scalpel’ of penalty, enforcement to foreign investment rules Other

Survey: ‘troubling problems’ in debt collection industry

January 12, 2017 0

More than one in four consumers contacted by debt collectors feel threatened – and three in four of consumers report that debt collectors do not honor their request that collectors leave them alone, according to […]

House Dems to Trump: Firing Cordray tempts protracted legal battle

January 11, 2017 0

House Democrats in a letter have urged President-elect Donald Trump to reject calls to fire CFPB Director Richard Cordray, made in an earlier letter from Republican senators. In their letter on Tuesday, signed by Rep. […]

Senators call on Trump to fire Cordray (despite appeal)

January 10, 2017 0

Donald Trump, “promptly after his inauguration” as president, should fire CFPB Director Richard Cordray, two senators have written to the vice president-elect, despite an on-going legal battle over whether the director may be fired before […]

Chief of staff, other leadership positions named

January 7, 2017 0

Leandra English will be the CFPB’s chief of staff, returning to an agency she served previously as deputy chief operating officer and in other senior positions, the bureau announced today while also naming several other […]

Nearly 40% of older student borrowers in default, report finds

January 5, 2017 0

Nearly 40 percent of federal student loan borrowers age 65 and older were in default in 2015, according to a report released today by the CFPB, as many borrowers deal with payments on student loans […]

Credit raters fined, ordered to ‘truthfully represent’ value

January 4, 2017 0

Declaring that two credit rating agencies “lured consumers into costly recurring payments for credit-related products with false promises,” the CFPB Tuesday ordered Equifax, Inc., and TransUnion to pay fines and restitution totaling $23.1 million and […]

Collecting on debt already paid leads complaints

January 2, 2017 0

Attempts to collect on a debt that has already been paid is the source of the most common complaint about collections, according to the CFPB’s latest monthly complaint snapshot released Dec. 27. According to the […]

Nominations for CFPB advisory board, councils due March 1

December 27, 2016 0

Nominations for appointment to three of CFPB’s advisory groups (councils and board) representing banks, credit unions and consumers will open Jan. 16, with completed applications due by March 1. The bureau expects to announce selection of […]

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Bureau finalizes rule extending supervision over digital payment wallet apps

November 21, 2024 0

Digital payment wallet apps handling more than 50 million transactions annually are subject to a final rule requiring them to follow federal law applied to banks, credit unions and other financial institutions already supervised by the federal consumer financial protection [...]
Number of credit unions with low exam ratings rose in third quarter; strain on balance sheets, consumers, noted

November 21, 2024 0

The number of the lowest-rated credit unions based on their exam scores rose in the third quarter, their federal regulator said Thursday, reflecting strains on balance sheets and their consumer members, according to the agency. That total includes nine troubled [...]
CFPB publishes adjustments to thresholds under TILA, FCRA

November 21, 2024 0

Two adjustments to thresholds under lending disclosure and credit reporting rules were announced Thursday by the federal consumer financial protection agency. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said the first threshold adjustment resulted from a final rule it issued amending [...]
Ex-CEO of failed Kansas bank prohibited from financial institutions after cryptocurrency scheme

November 21, 2024 0

The former CEO of a Kansas bank that failed after the embezzlement of $47.1 million in a cryptocurrency scheme has been prohibited permanently from serving at another federally insured financial institution, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. Shan Hanes, 53, of [...]
Final rule provides ‘sharper scalpel’ of penalty, enforcement to foreign investment rules

November 18, 2024 0

A final rule aimed at providing a “sharper scalpel” of penalty and enforcement provisions to rules governing foreign investment in the United States was issued Monday by the Treasury Department, the agency said. The rule enhances “certain procedures” of the [...]
More days allowed for commenting on deposit insurance recordkeeping for custodial accounts

November 18, 2024 0

Forty-five more days are now available for commenting on the proposed deposit insurance recordkeeping rule for banks’ third-party (custodial) accounts, the federal insurer of bank deposits said Monday. With the addition of 45 days, the comment period now extends to [...]