RSS
Community bank members of the Federal Reserve’s Community Depository Institutions Advisory Council told the Fed community banks will wait to implement the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s mortgage framework until the law has been tested in court, according to Brian Johnson, CEO of Choice Financial Group, Grand Forks, N.D.
Fidelity Mortgage Corporation of St. Louis and its former owner and current president Mark Figert have been ordered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to pay $81,076 for illegal kickbacks.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has expanded an earlier probe into for-profit colleges.
Last month, the CFPB delivered preliminary results of a study into the use of arbitration clauses in consumer products.
On December 16th, the Office of Inspector General issued a report critical of the CFPB’s policy of regularly sending enforcement attorneys to participate in meetings with the entities under their oversight.
Last November, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a long-anticipated new rule standardizing two mortgage forms.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau last month announced a $2.1 billion settlement agreement with Ocwen Financial Corporation, the fourth-largest U.S. mortgage servicer and the largest that is not a bank.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, recently issued an order to Ally Financial, Inc., and Ally Bank to pay $80 million in damages to auto loan consumers who were harmed by discriminatory policies on auto loan applications.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently filed its first lawsuit against an online lender, CashCall, Inc., as well as CashCall’s owner, subsidiary and affiliate.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered GE Capital Retail Bank and its subsidiary, CareCredit, to refund $34.1 million to approximately 1.2 million customers of a deferred-interest healthcare credit card.