Department of the Treasury BCFP, CSBS Agrees on Coordinated Regulation of Consumer Lenders. Government officials in charge of setting up the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection have signed an agreement with the Conference of State Bank Supervisors on a framework for cooperation and coordination...
Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-MN, has introduced new legislation, H.R. 87, to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which she described as a “job-killing financial regulatory bill.” Bachmann introduced...
Compliance experts see 2011 as a watershed year for the mortgage industry as it enters a new phase of financial regulation never before experienced by loan originators, mortgage servicers and other industry participants. The year begins...
Mortgage servicers could find themselves under federal supervision in the future as a push for nationwide mortgage servicing standards gained momentum among industry participants, academics, state regulators and the Obama administration. In recent joint comments to federal regulators, academics and mortgage industry experts called...
Department of the Treasury BCFP Senior Executives Named. The Treasury Department announced Dec. 15 three more senior executives hired to implement the fledgling Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. They include Richard Cordray, currently Ohio’s attorney general, who was named...
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