CFPB

Reading between the lines of CFPB’s regulatory to-do list

05/28/19

The agency's spring rulemaking agenda includes the process for collecting small-business data as well as underwriting rules for GSE-backed loans. But what's missing from the list may be just as important.

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CFPB’s Kraninger digs in over halt to military lending exams

05/27/19

Kathy Kraninger, the bureau's director, is in a standoff with Democrats about her claim that the agency cannot supervise institutions under the Military Lending Act.

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BB&T-SunTrust priorities, OCC's shock tactic, CECL remorse: Top stories of the week

05/24/19

Jury's out on whether BB&T-SunTrust will serve the community or Wall Street; 'we were willing to shock historical norms,' says Otting on OCC's makeover; is it too late for Congress to stop CECL?; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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'One less Cordray disciple in the Swamp': Comments of the week

05/23/19

Readers weigh in on the role of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, consider personnel changes at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, debate the viability of public banks and more.

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House passes bill to reverse CFPB policies under Trump administration

05/23/19

All Democrats supported the bill focused on the decisions of former acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney, while all Republicans opposed it.

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CFPB's assistant enforcement chief resigns: Sources

05/20/19

Kristen Donoghue had been one of the agency's few remaining senior enforcement managers hired by former Director Richard Cordray.

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25 attorneys general oppose CFPB's payday rule revamp

05/17/19

The AGs say the agency's plan to rescind ability-to-repay requirements for payday loans would undermine states' ability to enforce their own laws.

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Consumer gripes grow, AI oversight, luring tech talent: Top stories of the week

05/17/19

As CFPB mulls privatizing database, consumer complaints are on the rise; an argument for continued human oversight of artificial intelligence; how some banks are luring talent from big tech; and more from this week's most-read stories.

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'A bunch of disrespectful windbags': Comments of the week

05/16/19

Readers consider a Senate Banking Committee investigation into Facebook's use of consumer data, weigh the value of the CFPB's complaints database, debate legislation that would require big bank executives to testify before Congress annually and more.

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Democrats grill CFPB official on payday rewrite

05/16/19

The official told lawmakers Thursday that the research underlying the bureau's 2017 payday rule proposal did not support strict underwriting requirements of small-dollar loans.

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