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08.14.19

CFPB News: MOUs, Automated Underwriting, Settlements, Payday Rule Delay

In another busy stretch for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), lawmakers reached out to the Bureau and the Department of Education (ED) regarding protections for student borrowers, while the CFPB and the New York attorney general reached a $60 million deal with a group of ...


07.31.19

CFPB's Latest Proposed Rulemaking (TILA/HMDA) Focused on Mortgage Markets

It has been an unusually busy rule-making stretch for the consumer mortgage markets at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), marked by its issuance of an advanced notice of proposed rule-making (ANPR) relating to its proposal to allow expiration of the temporary qualified ...


07.31.19

Will GOP Credit Reporting Bill Gain Bipartisan Support?

Credit reporting companies would be subject to supervision and examination authority by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and would be barred from using Social Security numbers, under new legislation proposed by Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.).


07.31.19

Critical Insights Into the State and Federal Consumer Finance Enforcement Agenda

Insider offers critical insights into the consumer finance enforcement agenda. Read on for details.


07.17.19

CFPB News: New Rules, AG Overdraft Comments, OIG Report

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) turned its focus to rulemaking, with the Bureau issuing a final rule amending Regulation CC and extending the comment period on the advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA).


07.03.19

Fair Lending: Lawmakers Concerned About Algorithms; CFPB Issues Report

As a more centrist Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a modest annual fair lending report, Democratic lawmakers continue to press a far more aggressive fair lending agenda, as reflected by a letter sent by Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Doug Jones (D-Ala.) to the Federal ...


07.03.19

CFPB News: Kraninger Steers an Independent Path

CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger continues to chart her own course. CFPB developments include its settlement with a student loan management company, a public hearing on “abusive acts or practices, ” and updated guidance on payday lending. Meanwhile, court developments (on ...


04.24.19

CFPB: New CID Policy, Kraninger FFIEC Slot, Other Musings

In Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) news, the Bureau announced a major change regarding civil investigative demands (CIDs) and Director Kathy Kraninger became the first CFPB director to serve as chairperson of the interagency Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council ...


04.10.19

California’s DBO: New Leader, New Enforcement, New Bureau?

The California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) will likely have a new commissioner in the coming months, with Affirm General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer Manuel “Manny” Alvarez tapped to take the helm.


04.10.19

CFPB News: Advisory Committee Changes, Constitutionality Hearing

What’s new at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau)?