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Geithner pushes for vote on CFPB director

At a press conference on Dec. 1, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner emphasized the need for a full vote in the Senate to confirm Rich Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Subcommittee wants CFPB spending report

House Republicans are keeping an eye on the money spent by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Consumer groups keep adding to list

Consumer groups are adding more to their Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wish list.

Another new disclosure? Checking account form proposed

First, there was the new mortgage disclosure form. Next came the student loan “shopping form.”

CFPB is ‘source of concern,’ community banker testifies

A House Financial Services subcommittee field hearing held Oct. 31 in Wausau, Wis. – home to Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) – gave community bankers the chance to express their views on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Obama continues push for Cordray confirmation

The Obama administration is turning on the pressure to get Rich Cordray confirmed as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

CFPB reports on first 100 days

In its first 100 days, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has staffed up, studied up and started up a few key initiatives.

CFPB drafts financial aid shopping sheet

The “complex and confusing process of taking out student loans” and the resulting serious financial hardship caused by student loan debt have prompted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to draft a one-page “financial aid shopping sheet.”

Single director vs. commission argument continues

In the nearly two months since members of Congress held a confirmation hearing for nominee Rich Cordray, little has changed in the debate over appointing a director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Former Minn. AG Humphrey to lead CFPB’s Older Americans office

Hubert H. “Skip” Humphrey III, the former attorney general of Minnesota, has been chosen to lead the Office of Older Americans within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.