by Jeff Sovern The American Banker has an interesting article titled CFPB Focuses on Consumer Choice – or Lack Thereof which discusses the speech Director Cordray gave to the Consumer Advisory Board last month (Allison blogged about it here). Excerpt from the article follow: [Cordray said] added, "When people cannot vote with their feet, their […]
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Here. An excerpt: * * * Nearly 40 percent of dealers responding to a recent unscientific Automotive News survey also expressed concern that they soon will lose the arbitration option. "I think arbitration is on its last legs," said Tom Hudson, a partner in the Hudson Cook law firm in Hanover, Md., who predicts the […]
Now it goes to the floor, again, where Republicans are expected to prevent it from ever getting to a vote. The Washington Post has the story here.
For those of you in Washington: Tomorrow afternoon at Georgetown Law, I'll be at debating C. Boyden Gray on the constitutionality of the CFPB and Rich Cordray's recess appointment. Here's the announcement: The Consumer Law Society, The Federalist Society, and The Georgetown Center for the Constitution present: The Constitutional Challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection […]
So says The Hill. Of course, that doesn't mean the Republicans will allow the full Senate to vote on the nomination. As for the merits of his nomination (not that that matters to the Republicans), The Hill states: There really haven't been any questions about Cordray's ability to do the job. In fact, he's gotten […]
Here. It's a report on the Senate Banking Committee's hearing on whether he should be confirmed to head the CFPB.
Here. One concern is that fees are not described uniformly, and apparently that makes it hard to comparison shop for such cards. Excerpt: “It’s like the Wild West in terms of the different fees and policies,” said Odysseas Papadimitriou, CEO of CardHub.com. “The card issuers have a million different fees and everyone calls it something […]
by Jeff Sovern Here. An excerpt: As with the mortgage cases, the investigation focuses on the banks' poor paperwork and their weak tracking of the debts. When they sold delinquent credit card debt to the buyers, often at only a few cents on the dollar, they allegedly failed to provide them with the evidence that […]
by Jeff Sovern Here. According to the story, Representative Hensarling called the CFPB "Orwellian-titled." So I guess he doesn't think the Bureau actually protects consumers (or maybe he thinks it isn't really a bureau). I would love to hear Representative Hensarling's reasoning on that one. Does he believe, for example, that clearer disclosures are harmful to […]
Here's an excerpt from the announcement: Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it is gathering information to develop options for policymakers to make repayment of private student loans more manageable for struggling borrowers. The CFPB has found that private student loan borrowers who wish to pay their loans, but face high payments, […]