CFPB Attempts to Lay Off 90% of Staff, Although Judge Temporarily Halts Efforts For Now
CFPB Attempts to Lay Off 90% of Staff, Although Judge Temporarily Halts Efforts For Now Last week, multiple outlets reported that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was planning to cut roughly 1,500 employees—or 90 percent of its staff—leaving only...
CFPB Drops Enforcement of Nonbank Registry
CFPB Drops Enforcement of Nonbank Registry Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it will not prioritize enforcement of a regulation creating a registry for nonbank financial companies that have broken consumer laws and have been...
CFPB Scraps Credit Card Late Fee Rule
CFPB Scraps Credit Card Late Fee Rule The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has chosen to abandon its rule imposing an $8 limit on credit card late fees, according to a consent judgment motion filed this week. The agency and other industry groups like the... Debt Causing Nearly Two in Three Americans Carrying Credit Card Debt to Delay or Avoid Other Financial Decisions, Study Finds
Debt Causing Nearly Two in Three Americans Carrying Credit Card Debt to Delay or Avoid Other Financial Decisions, Study Finds According to a new Bankrate report, 64% of U.S. adults carrying credit card debt have delayed or avoided other financial decisions as a result...
CFPB Says It Won’t Enforce Payday Rule
CFPB Says It Won’t Enforce Payday Rule Last Friday, two days before it was set to go into effect, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said that it would not prioritize enforcement or supervision actions with regard to any penalties or fines under the...
Senate Passes Resolution Repealing CFPB Overdraft Rule; House Action Awaits
Senate Passes Resolution Repealing CFPB Overdraft Rule; House Action Awaits Last week, the U.S. Senate voted to repeal the final rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to cap rate fees. The Senate passed Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott’s...
OCC Announces It Will Remove “Reputation Risk” from Bank Examination Manual
OCC Announces It Will Remove “Reputation Risk” from Bank Examination Manual The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently announced that it will remove the term “reputation risk” from its examination manual. The examination teams will not...
Trump Picks Michelle Bowman as Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision
Trump Picks Michelle Bowman as Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Last week, as many watchers had anticipated, President Trump announced the nomination of Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman as the agency’s Vice Chair for supervision. “Miki has been...
