Mortgage complaints filed with the CFPB declined over the past two years, and the most-criticized category was mortgage servicing, according to a new snapshot. [Includes one data chart.]

The CFPB recently provided informal guidance in the form of frequently asked questions, addressing issues related to the integrated mortgage disclosure rule.

Congressional lawmakers are placing credit bureau reform in the spotlight with a hearing scheduled before the House Financial Services Committee this month.

The CFPB may scrap the underwriting requirements of its 2017 payday lending rule, according to a proposal released last week. In the meantime, the rule’s compliance date has been pushed back to Nov. 19, 2020, from Aug. 19, 2019.

Chicago, IL-based payday lender fined; Sen. Warren presses Wells on student account fee; Kraninger’s listening tour update.

The CFPB last week fined a broker $1 for bilking veterans out of their pensions. It is the third enforcement action this month by the consumer watchdog, now led by Director Kathy Kraninger.

Sterling Jewelers will pay $11 million in penalties to settle claims that it opened credit accounts without consumer consent.

Republican lawmakers want the CFPB to be led by an independent inspector general appointed by the president.

CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger assured Republican senators that the CFPB will examine industry concerns regarding the integrated mortgage disclosure rule.

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.