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Equifax settles with CFPB, FTC over data breach complaint

Credit scoring giant Equifax has settled a complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over its handling of its 2017 data breach.

CFPB discusses alternative credit scoring

The report summarizes the bureau’s 2018 efforts to ensure “fair, equitable, and nondiscriminatory access to credit for both individuals and communities” as mandated by the Dodd-Frank Act.

CFPB settles with Freedom Debt Relief

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has settled its lawsuit against Freedom Debt Relief over violations of the Telemarketing Sales Rule and the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010.

Democrats object over CFPB staffer’s track record

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and several other Democrats have objected to a recent hire at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over his past employment.

CFPB settles with student loan company of for-profit college

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has settled with Student CU Connect CUSO, LLC, a company set up to hold and manage private loans for students at the for-profit ITT Technical Institute.

CFPB enters into consent order with Freedom Mortgage

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a consent order with Freedom Home Mortgage Corporation. The enforcement action follows an investigation of errors in reporting on mortgage transactions.

CFPB settles with servicer over TILA, RESPA violations

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has settled with BSI Financial Services, a mortgage servicer headquartered in Irving, Texas.

House passes Waters’ CFPB bill

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)

The U.S. House has passed a bill authored by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) aimed at undoing many of the changes made at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by former acting director Mick Mulvaney.

CFPB sues New York firm over debt collection violations

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today filed a lawsuit in the federal district court in the Eastern District of New York against Forster & Garbus, LLP, a New York debt-collection law firm.

Kraninger names deputy director, COO

Kate Fulton

Brian Johnson was named deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau yesterday. Kate Fulton will serve as chief operating officer, and Director Kathy Kraninger announced several other new hires.