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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wells Fargo charges students nearly four times as much in fees as banks without college marketing agreements, according to an internal report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
