Consumer complaints filed with the CFPB hit a new record high in the second quarter as the coronavirus pandemic continued to impact consumers’ financial status, according to a new Inside the CFPB analysis. (Includes data chart.)

According to witnesses testifying at a House hearing, the CFPB appears to be offering regulatory leeway to mortgage servicers but doing little to protect consumers’ interests.

Democratic lawmakers believe the federal preemption asserted by the OCC will undercut state and local agencies’ efforts to protect homeowners from foreclosures.

The lawsuit against the Chicago-based company marks the CFPB’s first-ever redlining action against a nonbank lender.

The CFPB is devoting half of its supervisory resources to assessing industries that pose the most risks to consumers during the pandemic, including mortgage servicing.

Thomas Pahl fills a position that had been vacant since Brian Johnson left in February to return to the private sector.

The CFPB files lawsuit against companies providing student loan debt relief services; the CFPB encourages stakeholders to use its innovation programs to address regulatory uncertainties.

The Supreme Court said the president can fire the CFPB director at will but it refused to strike down the entire bureau. The court held that the for-cause provision can simply be severed from the rest of the statute.

The Supreme Court has left to the Ninth Circuit Court to decide whether the civil investigative demand that was the core of Seila Law’s argument could be enforced.

The CFPB is rushing to get certain rulemakings done this year as the presidential election looms. Most items on the CFPB’s to-do list have deadlines in the fall.