Student loan servicers draw CFPB attention
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is clamping down on student loan lenders and servicers that automatically default on loans when a co-signer declares bankruptcy or dies.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is clamping down on student loan lenders and servicers that automatically default on loans when a co-signer declares bankruptcy or dies.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interim final rule on March 22 which will broaden special provisions for small creditors that operate in rural or underserved areas.
CFPB Director Richard Cordray sat down in front of the House Financial Services Committee for a hearing last week, delivering the bureau’s semi-annual report and taking questions.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked a federal district court to enter a final judgment and order that would shut down a student debt relief company.
On March 2, 2016, the CFPB issued its first enforcement action directed at an organization’s information security practices. Dwolla, Inc., entered into a Consent Order with the CFPB which identifies “deceptive acts and practices relating to false representations” relating to the company’s data security practices in violation of UDAAP.
The new TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is delaying mortgage closures and causing banks to trim their offerings, according to a survey.
A recent report by K&L Gates highlights the conclusions that can be drawn from the CFPB’s understanding of an abusive act.
Former Ally Financial Inc., CEO Michael A. Carpenter said the CFPB abused its power by holding the bank’s business hostage in order to coerce a record settlement of “trumped-up” racism charges and push profit-killing new regulations on the entire auto-lending industry.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray and FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg have called on bankers to do more to serve unbanked and underbanked in the last month.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen was on Capitol Hill last week making her semiannual visit before the House Financial Services Committee. When she was asked basic information about the CFPB, Yellen appeared to lack basic knowledge of the Bureau’s budget.