Nov 12, 2021 | Federal Regulation, Financial Literacy, News
CFPB Report Finds People of Color and Young Borrowers More Likely to Have Disputes on Credit Report The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released Disputes on Consumer Credit Reports, part of a series of reports on consumer credit trends created...
Nov 3, 2021 | Federal Regulation, News
Chopra Names Eric Halperin and Lorelei Salas to Lead CFPB Enforcement and Supervision Divisions Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra recently announced the appointment of Lorelei Salas and Eric Halperin, two former Obama administration officials,...
Oct 29, 2021 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Director Chopra Testifies Before Congress Rohit Chopra, President Biden’s newly installed Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), testified this week on consecutive days before the House Financial Services and Senate Banking Committees in his...
Oct 27, 2021 | Federal Regulation, News
Tester Expresses Concerns about OCC Nominee, Potentially Endangering Confirmation Last week, U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.), who serves on the Senate Banking Committee, voiced concerns about Saule Omarova, President Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of the...
Oct 25, 2021 | Federal Regulation, News
Appeals Court Delays Implementation of Payday Lending Rule Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit approved a delay in the implementation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s payday lending rule. The court determined that...
Oct 22, 2021 | Federal Regulation, News
Consumer Advocates Urge CFPB to Rein in Pay Advance Companies Dozens of consumer advocacy groups and academics—96 in total—are pushing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to regulate pay advance companies, arguing that earned wage access (EWA) products...
