The Financial Regulatory Reform Initiative of the Bipartisan Policy Center, a Washington, DC, think tank, issued a report late last month with dozens of recommendations by which the CFPB could improve transparency and accountability. “Perhaps the most significant trend the task force discovered was that when the bureau operated in a transparent, open and iterative manner, repeatedly seeking input from all stakeholders throughout a process, the results were generally positive,” the report said. “However, when the bureau made...