Mick Mulvaney has made many significant changes at the CFPB since President Trump named him acting director of the agency in November. Attorneys said the organizational changes may have the most profound impact. Mulvaney was not a fan of the consumer bureau, which he called a joke “in a sick, sad way.” Six months into his interim tenure, he was doing everything he could to change the consumer agency both structurally and operationally, in how it makes ...
The CFPB fired all the members serving on three of its advisory boards, including the Consumer Advisory Board, indicating a shift in its approach to external engagement. The consumer agency announced last week that it plans to reconstitute three of its advisory groups – the Consumer Advisory Board, the Community Bank Advisory Council, and the Credit Union Advisory Council – with “new, smaller memberships.” “By both right-sizing its advisory ...