Consumer Finance Protection Bureau

• CFPB’s Cordray Calls Qualified Mortgage Safe Harbor a Mirage

  By Heather Anderson  |  September 21, 2012

  Agency director testifies at House Financial Services Committee hearing on rule CFPB expects to finalize in January.

• CFPB’s Final Remittance Rule Boosts Exemption to 100 Annual Transactions

  By Heather Anderson  |  August 7, 2012

  NAFCU says impact will help some but that most credit unions will still face denying transaction no. 101 or eliminating remittance services altogether.

• House Hearing on Dodd-Frank Will Feature Two Credit Union Reps

  By Heather Anderson  |  July 17, 2012

  Two credit union officials will testify Thursday before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the Dodd-Frank Act.

• Matz Named as Defendant in CFPB Constitutionality Suit

  By Heather Anderson  |  June 26, 2012

  Plaintiffs challenge creation of CFPB and FSOC, Cordray's appointment.

• Student Lending Comments Cite Regrets, Difficulties: CFPB

  By Natasha Chilingerian  |  June 14, 2012

  Agency publishes nearly 2,000 comments from individual consumers after seeking feedback.

• House Announces CFPB Mortgage Disclosure Hearing

  By Heather Anderson  |  June 12, 2012

  House panel to meet on June 20 and probe the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s mandate to combine residential mortgage disclosures.

• Big Bank Overdraft Fees on the Increase

  By Heather Anderson  |  June 7, 2012

  Overdraft fees at the nation’s 14 largest banks have increased after two years of stagnation, according to the Consumer Federation of America.

• Overdraft and Non-Interest Income Coming Under Threat Again

  By Edward Lis  |  May 30, 2012

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is looking at overdraft programs, and this could impact credit unions.

• 5 Views on Rules and Regs, And a Bit of Advice

  By Marc Rapport  |  May 29, 2012

  Five columns on the broad topic of rules and regulations and the agencies and credit unions that enforce and (at least try) to obey them.

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  Guest Opinion: CFPB’s ‘Public’ Regulatory Philosophy

  By Lauren Calhoun  |  May 14, 2012

  With a long to-do list and a director in place, the folks at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are off and running. Interestingly, they are off and running on a different path than traditional federal agencies.