RSSReport: Mortgage servicers charged ‘illegal junk fees’
Mortgage servicers charged homeowners illegal “junk fees” and engaged in other illegal practices, according to a supervisory highlights report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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CFPB fines for-profit vocational school for lending violations
The CFPB fined San Francisco-based for-profit coding vocational school BloomTech and its CEO Austen Allred $164,000 for allegedly deceiving students about loan costs and making false claims about graduates’ hiring rates.
CFPB to hire technologists, research emerging technologies
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to hire more technologists to continue researching emerging technologies, said Director Rohit Chopra and Chief Technologist Erie Meyer in a March 26 report.
CFPB warns remittance companies on deceptive claims
Falsely advertising the speed or cost of sending remittance transfers can violate federal law, according to a March 27 circular from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
CFPB: Fair Credit Reporting Act proposal coming this year
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will propose rules this year to ensure data brokers follow the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Director Rohit Chopra said April 2.
Court keeps CFPB late fee lawsuit in Texas
An appellate court disallowed the relocation of a lawsuit challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s late fee rule to Washington, D.C.
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