Last week, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer introduced two bills aimed at restructuring the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The bills would replace the CFPB’s director with a bipartisan commission and change the voting requirements for overturning regulations.
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The CFPB’s former point man will be at Industry Summit 2014 this September to deliver a keynote address. He will take attendees inside the media-shy agency and offer insights on how the bureau intends to regulate the automotive retail industry.
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A lawyer with the CFPB’s Office of Enforcement made an impassioned plea before Congress yesterday, asking that the agency’s widespread discriminatory and retaliatory practices against its employees be curtailed.
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Capital One’s Sanjiv Yajnik says ‘imitation is the best form of flattery’ in describing recent moves by competitors to adopt a strategy the bank rolled out in 2010.
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Earlier this month, Evergreen Bank Group issued a statement about its decision to move to a flat fee pricing model. The move was in response to a low FDIC rating and alleged violations of the ECOA.
Read More →A recent survey found that U.S. banks and credit unions are carrying a much heavier regulatory and risk management burden than they were a year ago. This is due in part to heightened concern over the mortgage guidelines recently finalized by the CFPB.
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Rep. Jeb Hensarling, on behalf of the House Financial Services Committee, released a video Monday calling on the CFPB to make its advisory council meetings open to the public.
Read More →Jeffrey Langer will be stepping into Richard Hackett’s former role as assistant director of installment and liquidity lending markets for the bureau.
Read More →Three Republican lawmakers are requesting information from the CFPB regarding employee performance reviews after reports surfaced last week about possible racial disparities related to its internal management practices.
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Strong words at NADA 2014 and the Vehicle Finance Conference indicate that both sides of the rate participation debate are preparing for a long, drawn-out battle.
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