Mar 25, 2019 | Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Last Thursday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it would be making several changes to the CFPB Advisory Committees, providing the committee members longer terms and increasing the frequency of...
Mar 19, 2019 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → In an appeal filed last Friday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) argued that its organizational structure, including its “for-cause removal” provision, was constitutional because it met U.S. Supreme Court...
Mar 15, 2019 | Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Last Monday, President Trump sent Congress a record $4.8 trillion budget proposal for the 2020 fiscal year. The budget also includes a proposal that would subject the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to...
Mar 12, 2019 | Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Following a contentious hearing with the House Financial Services Committee last week, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathy Kraninger testified before the Senate Banking Committee this morning in a...
Mar 11, 2019 | Congressional Legislation, Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) recently introduced the Stopping Abuse and Fraud in Electronic (SAFE) Lending Act, a bill that would require small-dollar lenders to register with the...
Mar 9, 2019 | Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathy Kraninger made her first appearance before the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday, March 7 at a hearing entitled, “Putting Consumers First? A Semi-Annual...