CFPB to Hold Spring 2019 Advisory Committee Meetings; FTC Sends Annual Report to CFPB With ECOA Activities; Consumer Groups Seek CFPB Records on Eric Blankenstein; CFPB Warns of Widespread Elder Financial Abuse; CFPB Announces System for Prepaid Issuers to Submit Account Agreements.

In a letter to CFPB staff recently, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-CA, chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, urged employees to blow the whistle on agency leaders.

CFPB Releases Small Entity Compliance Guide for Payday Rule; CFPB Updates List of Rural and Under-served Counties; CFPB Seeks Assistant Director for the Office of Regulations.

Chris D’Angelo, associate director of the supervision and enforcement division at the CFPB, is departing. In February, he will join the New York attorney general’s office as chief deputy attorney general for economic justice.