News – Page 57 – CFPB Journal

How much will the CFPB spend now?

For more than two years, lawmakers in Congress fought over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s structure.

Midwest bankers comfortable with Cordray’s confirmation

As the congressionally confirmed director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray no longer needs to win the approval of lawmakers in Congress.

CFPB updates its rulemaking agenda

Participating in the Office of Management and Budget’s initiative to publish an agenda of federal regulatory actions, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has published its plans for the coming year.

CFPB gives banks tips for currying its favor

On June 25, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a bulletin informing banks of ways they can favorably affect the ultimate resolution of an enforcement action from the bureau.

CFPB steps toward mortgage-regulation relief for small banks

In the last two weeks, small banks have seen some accommodation from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on mortgage loans.

CFPB officials write rules, push small banks out of mortgages and take market share

Speaking of picking winners and losers in the private sector, sometimes government officials get to choose someone familiar to be the winner: themselves.

CFPB expands its complaint data base

On May 31, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau added another wave of complaint data to its complaint database, expanding the number of publicly reported complaints to 113,000.

CFPB encourages in-school branches

In its white paper on financial education released in April, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau pointed to in-school branches as a way to build students’ financial literacy through hands-on learning.