Tag Archives: CFPB

A years-long legal battle between the Bureau and PHH, centering on accusations of illegal kickbacks, recently ended with the Bureau dismissing the case. What does this case signify for RESPA enforcement going forward?

The White House has said that it intends to nominate OMB’s Associate Director, Kathy Kraninger to succeed Mulvaney but she’s likely to face a tough vote in the Senate. Here’s why.

A years-long legal battle between the Bureau and PHH centered on accusations of illegal kickbacks. Read on to find out why the Bureau decided to drop the case, and what this means for the lender and servicer.

In April, CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney had recommended steps to improve the “transparency and accountability” at CFPB. Here’s what the Financial Services Committee discussed at a hearing on Wednesday on these reforms.

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (formerly the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) has released a new Complaint Snapshot, exploring consumer complaints regarding modern debt-collection practices. The Bureau has received approximately 400,500 debt collection complaints since July 2011, amounting to 27 ...

Speaking at an industry conference this week, Mick Mulvaney, Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, outlined the bureau’s ongoing shift away from “regulation by enforcement” and toward more regulatory clarity. During a keynote speech at the 2018 REALTORS ...

CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s tenure at the head of the regulatory organization has been defined by a reexamination of the Bureau’s priorities and purpose. That trend continued this week with the issuance of a new memo written by Mulvaney ...

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Richard Cordray, formerly the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Tuesday night clinched the Democratic nomination for the governorship of Ohio. Campaigning on both his history at the CFPB and a promise to focus on economic matters affecting ...

The release shows lending practices in the aggregate as well as by individual institutions, allowing viewers market insights that are ahead of the federal government’s aggregate data report.