News Topic: CFPB

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced Friday that it has lifted restrictions relating to U.S. Bank's flawed efforts to prevent money laundering and Citi's deceptive marketing and billing practices. ... Read full article

Readers respond to one fintech startup's tough talk, debate failed plans to change the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's name, weigh reforms to the Community Reinvestment Act and more. ... Read full article

The expected incoming chair of the House Financial Services Committee told the former acting CFPB chief that he will still be the target of congressional inquiry despite no longer leading the agency. ... Read full article

The Massachusetts senator and critic of Trump administration policies sent the new CFPB director an expansive list of to-do items for her first month on the job. ... Read full article

Two groups are asking the agency to restrict collectors to "one live conversation per week" with a borrower and up to three phone attempts per week. ... Read full article

The NYSE contract will pay out in cryptocurrency; 10 Estonians who worked at the Danish bank were detained, and prosecutors promise more arrests. ... Read full article

Kathy Kraninger's unexpected decision is small, but symbolically important. Here's why. ... Read full article

Kathy Kraninger's first official action as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is to reverse course on acting chief Mick Mulvaney's effort to rename it the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, which consumer groups and others had ... Read full article

A U.S. District judge in Scranton denied the student lender's motion to dismiss the suit. ... Read full article

Former CFPB chief Mick Mulvaney had claimed the agency could not supervise firms for Military Lending Act compliance, but lawmakers want his successor to go in a different direction. ... Read full article

What an FHFA led by Mark Calabria would mean for GSE reform; 7 (realistic) predictions about fintech in 2019; Kathy Kraninger signals new tone atop CFPB; and more from this week's most-read stories. ... Read full article

Readers sound off on fintechs entering the student loan market, the FDIC’s brokered deposit rules and a heated debate over the new CFPB leader. ... Read full article

Sen.-elect Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., will join the panel as their caucus loses two other committee members who suffered election defeats. ... Read full article

A CFPB report says the bank is the most expensive bank for college students; lenders would be banned from mailing high-interest loans disguised as checks. ... Read full article

The newly sworn-in director’s first public remarks seemed to contrast with the approach of her predecessor, Mick Mulvaney, who at times questioned the role of the agency. ... Read full article

The agency's departing acting director filed a proposal Monday for a new sandbox that would grant firms a legal safe harbor and "exemptive relief" from enforcement. ... Read full article

The California congresswoman would be the first woman and first African-American to lead the committee. ... Read full article

The Trump appointee officially took over for Mick Mulvaney as head of the agency following her Senate confirmation last week. ... Read full article