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OCC Chief Praises Mulvaney On Halting Payday Rule

OCC Chief Praises Mulvaney On Halting Payday Rule
OCC Chief Praises Mulvaney On Halting Payday Rule
February 07, 2018  |  CFPB

After a 45-minute meeting on Tuesday (Feb. 6), Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting had nothing but praise for acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...

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Mnuchin Presses CFPB For Answers On Equifax Hack
Mnuchin Presses CFPB For Answers On Equifax Hack
February 07, 2018  |  CFPB

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he has questions for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on its decision to pull back on the probe...

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Consumer Advocates Cry Foul On CFPB’s Equifax Stance
Consumer Advocates Cry Foul On CFPB’s Equifax Stance
February 06, 2018  |  CFPB

President Donald Trump and his administration are facing complaints from consumer protection advocates, who are advocating for a reopening of the investigation into the Equifax...

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Canadian Regulator On Innovation’s Slow Roll
Canadian Regulator On Innovation’s Slow Roll
February 05, 2018  |  ANTITRUST

Oh, Canada, Open Banking and finTech innovation?  No frozen landscape there, if regulators look toward a recent study of competition (and cooperation) across payments stakeholders. ...

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CFPB Hits Pause On Equifax Investigation
CFPB Hits Pause On Equifax Investigation
February 05, 2018  |  CFPB

Interim director Mick Mulvaney may not be able to completely shutdown the government agency he currently runs — but he is surely working overtime to...

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Lawmakers Demand Answers From CFPB On Payday Rule
Lawmakers Demand Answers From CFPB On Payday Rule
February 01, 2018  |  Legal & Regulation

Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, received questions from Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, the head Democrat on the House...

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CFPB Sends Out RFI Over Administrative Adjudications
CFPB Sends Out RFI Over Administrative Adjudications
January 31, 2018  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) wants more insight into the use of administrative adjudications and sent out a Request for Information (RFI) to get...

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Courts Take Away President’s Power To Fire CFPB Without Just Cause
Courts Take Away President’s Power To Fire CFPB Without Just Cause
January 31, 2018  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) scored a victory Wednesday (Jan. 31) when a U.S. appeals court ruled the President can only remove the head...

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