CFPB to collaborate more with state AGs
Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, stated the bureau plans to increase coordination with state attorneys general in enforcing federal consumer financial protection law.
Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, stated the bureau plans to increase coordination with state attorneys general in enforcing federal consumer financial protection law.
The group of 38 Senators and 75 Representatives, led by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), filed the brief late last week.
Under former director Richard Cordray, the bureau had originally sought a permanent injunction on the business activities of Golden Valley Lending and three other payday lenders last year.
The bureau is seeking comments and information from interested parties on “ways to engage the public and receive feedback on the work of the agency.”
The request for information on supervision processes is the fourth in what looks to be a lengthy list of reviews from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The request for information specifically calls for suggestions on “burden reduction” in its enforcement of federal consumer laws, while still fulfilling the bureau’s statutory function and commitment to transparency.
Kirsten Sutton Mork was serving as staff director of the House Financial Services Committee under Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) prior to being appointed by CFPB acting director Mick Mulvaney.
A three-judge panel had previously sided with PHH Mortgage in its suit against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, declaring its structure unconstitutional and vacating its $103 million fine.
The changes adjust requirements for resolving errors on unregistered accounts and provide greater flexibility for credit cards linked to digital wallets as well as delaying implementation until April 2019.
The bureau was seeking penalties and restitution from CashCall, Inc., for violating the Consumer Financial Protection Act and the Dodd-Frank Act’s prohibition on “unfair, deceptive, and abusive acts and practices.”