The WSJ has a report here (behind paywall). In the next version of the Financial Choice Act, House Financial Services Chair Jeb Hensarling is also reported to be considering eliminating the Bureau's supervisory authority, power to regulate payday lending, consumer complaint database and its research and consumer education functions. The goal appears to be to […]
Author Archives: Jeff Sovern
by Jeff Sovern Last Friday, President Trump announced an Executive Order on Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System. Here is the list: (a) empower Americans to make independent financial decisions and informed choices in the marketplace, save for retirement, and build individual wealth; (b) prevent taxpayer-funded bailouts; (c) foster economic growth and […]
Here. Thomas Pahl will be the acting director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection.
by Jeff Sovern The FTC, New Jersey AG's Office, and Vizio have agreed to a court order under which Vizio will pay 2.2 million to settle charges that Vizio recorded and sold information about the viewing practices of consumers watching Vizio TVs without obtaining consumers' consent and without their knowledge. You can read Leslie Fair's […]
Here. Excerpt: President Donald Trump’s pledge to dismantle the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul is colliding with the same reality as his pledge to gut Obamacare: The Republican majority in Congress can’t decide how to make it happen and Democrats are vowing to fight. * * * On the House side, there’s no agreement on a plan to […]
Here. Excerpt: "We expect to be cutting a lot out of Dodd-Frank," [President Trump] told a group of bankers and other corporate executives [on Friday, when signing an Executive Order pertaining to Dodd-Frank], "because, frankly, I have so many people, friends of mine that have nice businesses that can't borrow money. They just can't get […]
Here. Excerpt (but the whole piece is worth reading): Young servicemembers are often easy targets for financial firms marketing loans with ultra-high interest rates. Tens of thousands of servicemembers have benefited from the CFPB’s actions. The agency worked with state attorneys general to secure debt relief for 17,000 servicemembers tricked into taking out high-cost loans for computers, video […]
Here. Excerpts: “There has been talk of getting rid of Cordray, but I think they're trying to figure out what they can do and what [Trump] will actually go along with,” said a person close to the administration. Lawyers who say they’re providing guidance to the White House declined to comment for the record or […]
The petition for review, filed in the DC Circuit, is here. Press release here. Excerpt from the press release: “We’re optimistic that the Court will rein in the FTC’s dangerous and irresponsible abuse of its authority. Instead of protecting consumers, the FTC is protecting unscrupulous auto dealers who engage in false and deceptive advertising about […]