The CFPB is seeking an assistant director to head the office of cost-benefit analysis, indicating that the agency going forward would focus on the economic implication of its activities.

Seth Frotman, the former student loan ombudsman who dramatically quit the CFPB in August, has launched his own initiative to help solve the student debt crisis.

Changing the name of the CFPB seems a small step, but it could cost financial institutions roughly $300 million to make behind-the-scenes changes, according to an internal CFPB document.

The CFPB last week released a fair lending report covering the agency’s activity in 2017. The report generally summarized the bureau’s past fair lending efforts and laid out its priorities.

The CFPB last week ordered State Farm Bank, a federal savings association in Bloomington, IL, to stop illegal credit reporting practices, without imposing a fine for its wrongdoings.

CFPB Releases 2018 Financial Literacy Annual Report; Former CFPB Deputy Director Raj Date Joins a Fintech Company; Rep. Patrick McHenry Elected Top GOP Member of House Financial Services Committee.

Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-TX, had planned to finish his House career with a hearing on housing-finance reform focusing on a bipartisan plan that could get new legs in the next Congress.

Under a new pilot program announced last week, Freddie Mac will purchase mortgages on manufactured homes at the same low rates available for traditional site-built homes.

VantageScore Solutions has hired Emre Sahingur, a former chief risk officer for model risk management at Fannie Mae, as senior vice president for predictive analytics, research and product management.

Real estate investment trusts will increasingly become key investors in the credit-risk transfer market, according to recent analysis by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.