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Estimated renovation costs for the rented headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have increased yet again, to approximately $215 million, according to a report from the Federal Reserve’s Inspector General Mark Bialek.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Justice have fined the institution formerly known as GE Capital Retail Bank $228 million for deceptive marketing and discriminatory credit card practices.
The CFPB is a data-driven agency. That is the message given countless times on the bureau’s website and in the speeches of Richard Cordray, the agency’s director.
A New Jersey title services company is the latest to feel the effects of a crackdown on mortgage kickbacks by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has fined real estate firm RealtySouth $500,000 for inadequate mortgage disclosures resulting in illegal kickbacks.
Community banks have a potential advantage over larger competitors under the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s ability-to-repay and Qualified Mortgage Rule, Melissa Blundell informed bankers at the Bank Holding Company Association’s Spring Seminar.
Credit scoring models may over-estimate the impact of consumers’ medical debt, according to a study from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Approximately 30 percent of the 41 million Americans older than 65 years old have mortgages, according to a recent report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing a rule that would change the way banks distribute privacy disclosures.
Student loan co-signer issues are the focus of the latest midyear report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Student Loan Ombudsman Rohit Chopra.