Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

CFPB’s Mulvaney Could Stay Until the End of Year

CFPB’s Mulvaney Could Stay Until the End of Year
CFPB’s Mulvaney Could Stay Until the End of Year
May 09, 2018  |  CFPB

The White House is stretching out the tenure of Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, by taking its time in...

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Wells Fargo About To Be Slapped With $1B Fine From CFPB, OCC
Wells Fargo About To Be Slapped With $1B Fine From CFPB, OCC
April 20, 2018  |  Cybersecurity

Wells Fargo, the embattled national bank, could be slapped with a $1 billion fine as soon as Friday (April 20), reported CNN Money. Get the...

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Payday Lending Trade Group Sues CFPB Over Obama-Era Rule
Payday Lending Trade Group Sues CFPB Over Obama-Era Rule
April 10, 2018  |  CFPB

Community Financial Services Association of America, the payday lending trade group, filed a lawsuit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop a regulation put...

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Mulvaney Says CFPB Is Too Powerful
Mulvaney Says CFPB Is Too Powerful
April 03, 2018  |  CFPB

CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney offered up the agency’s first semi-annual report under his tenure. Other than saying the agency is “too powerful” and offering...

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Bankers To CFPB: Help Us Help Families In Need
Bankers To CFPB: Help Us Help Families In Need
September 28, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

By now, the sobering statistics are familiar: Nearly half of American adults say they could not cover an unexpected expense of $400, according to the...

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Today in Data: AmEx’s $96M Discriminatory Payout
Today in Data: AmEx’s $96M Discriminatory Payout
August 24, 2017  |  Today In Data

Fair practices among credit card companies are determined by the Federal Trade Commission. Most of the time, companies abide by the rules, but every now...

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What Prepaid Card Rules Did On Their Summer Vacation
What Prepaid Card Rules Did On Their Summer Vacation
August 22, 2017  |  Prepaid

Prepaid cards have had a full year on the regulatory front, and the year isn’t over yet. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Overdraft Fees Cost US Consumers $15B In 2016
Overdraft Fees Cost US Consumers $15B In 2016
August 07, 2017  |  CFPB

Overdraft fees cost U.S. consumers $15 billion in 2016, according to news from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the government watchdog that is out...

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