Enforcement actions

CFPB fines installment lender for debt collection practices

06/13/18

The CFPB ordered Security Group Inc. to pay $5 million for making illegal threats, including that consumers could go to jail.

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Wells Fargo not alone: OCC finds sales abuses at other banks

06/05/18

An inquiry into the sales practices of more than 40 banks launched in the wake of the Wells scandal found several systemic issues and hundreds of problems at individual institutions. The OCC completed the review in December but is not making the results public.

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DOJ's effort to stop 'piling on' banks a good first step

05/23/18

The Justice Department announced this month that it would seek to reduce duplicative penalties against banks, although more reforms are needed to rein in other agencies.

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CFPB faces tough questions over student loan moves

05/18/18

Senate Democrats want acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney to explain why the agency is no longer policing student loan lenders and servicers.

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Fed to new Deutsche Bank CEO: Fix this bank — fast

05/17/18

Christian Sewing doesn’t only have to reshape the company, revive profits and improve morale, he has to get regulators off Deutsche Bank’s back.

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Watch out: That may be a scam set up by ... regulators?

05/16/18

The Securities and Exchange Commission is pitching a fake initial coin offering to educate investors on the pitfalls of too-good-to-be-true ventures.

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Wells Fargo's Sloan says don’t believe the negative headlines. Really?

05/11/18

The misplaced criticism of the media may be a sign that Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan still doesn't recognize the true extent of the bank’s problems.

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Financial industry petitions FCC to make robocall lawsuits harder to win

05/10/18

Banking and mortgage groups are asking the Federal Communications Commission to issue new Telephone Consumer Protection Act rules that would make consumer lawsuits over robocalls harder to win.

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Wells Fargo likely to remain in Fed doghouse longer than expected

05/10/18

The embattled company said Thursday that the asset cap imposed by the Federal Reserve will likely remain in place through “the first part of 2019.” Is this a sign of further delays to come?

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Mulvaney guts CFPB’s student lending office

05/09/18

The CFPB's acting director announced new political hires and more plans to overhaul the agency in an email Wednesday.

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