Acting CFPB Director Mick Mulvaney recently announced that the consumer agency will resume the collection of private consumer data. He curbed data collection immediately after he took over the CFPB last year due to cybersecurity concerns. “Out of an abundance of caution and a desire to protect Americans’ privacy, I placed a hold on the collection of personally identifiable information and other sensitive data,” Mulvaney said in a memo to the CFPB staff ...
The CFPB issued its first complaint report since Mick Mulvaney was appointed acting director. The report differs from the monthly complaint reports issued under former Director Richard Cordray. The bureau in late May released a complaint snapshot on debt collection. It provides complaint data as of April 1, 2018. The last monthly complaint report was released in October 2017 before Cordray left. One significant change in the new report is that it does not include complaint volume ...
Democratic lawmakers sent comment letters to the CFPB in response to its request for information regarding the bureau’s rulemaking processes, emphasizing the importance of data collection in making new rules. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, MA, and Mark Warner, VA, wrote in a comment letter to Acting Director Mick Mulvaney that data collection is essential to rulemaking at the CFPB. “The CFPB’s decision-making is at its best when it has data to guide the ...
In response to a request for information on external engagements, both industry groups and consumer advocates want the CFPB to increase external engagement and pay more attention to it. The agency now has four advisory groups – the Consumer Advisory Board, the Community Bank Advisory Council, the Credit Union Advisory Council and the Academic Research Council. The bureau also uses other forums such as town hall meetings and field hearings to obtain ...
Democratic State AGs Urge CFPB to Retain Public Access to Consumer Complaint Database. A coalition of 15 state attorneys general, led by New York AG Barbara Underwood, sent a joint letter to the CFPB, urging the bureau to retain its public database of consumer complaints. In the letter, the AGs said a public consumer complaint database is consistent with the CFPB’s statutory mandate in the Dodd-Frank Act, The law requires the agency to [Includes three briefs] ...
Some banks may be manipulating prices in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac unsecured debt, according to several investigations launched late last week.The Department of Justice has reportedly opened a criminal investigation while the law firm of Hagens Berman is investigating the potential fraud.They suspect that traders from several banks have engaged in a coordinated attempt to manipulate pricing. Hagens Berman attorneys encourage investors and whistleblowers to report any information about potential antitrust violations and other fraud in the bond trading market to a tip line they recently established. This type of fraud has a large impact on market participants, according to Steve Berman, managing partner of Hagens Berman.
Treasury counselor Craig Phillips advised meeting participants to assure their bosses and government affairs offices that Treasury is fully committed to the project. “If you have problems, tell them to call me,” he quipped.
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