And obviously the consumer office is -- the consumer bureau is one of tremendous importance.
Obviously one of those important jobs are the office -- the consumer bureau.
But the consumer bureau is the only federal regulator with direct authority over smaller players, including nonbank servicers such as Ocwen Financial Corp.
Consumer bureau chief Richard Cordray said Congress should consider modifying a 2005 law that, except in rare circumstances, prohibits discharging private student loans through bankruptcy.
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The new consumer bureau is based on a pretty simple idea: people ought to be able to read their credit card and mortgage contracts and know the deal.
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The Consumer Bureau's goal across consumer markets is to give people the confidence and peace of mind that the financial world is not full of tricks and traps that will ruin their lives.
In publishing its rule in January, the consumer bureau said it didn't have enough information on why it the industry wouldn't be able to make loans under the current thresholds and "not certain" that lending would slow.
The consumer bureau, created by the 2010 financial overhaul law known as the Dodd-Frank Act, gained new powers to reach deep into the most mundane decisions of money-transfer agents, mortgage bankers, auto lenders and virtually anyone else who provides financial products and services.
And I actually, I know there's a lot of controversy about the consumer agency, but my hope is that one new area where the new consumer bureau and the new head of the consumer bureau will look will be in simplification of consumer rules for financial products.
Fresh off her failed nomination to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, consumer advocate and Democrat Elizabeth Warren has announced her plan to run for the Senate in Massachusetts, challenging incumbent Republican Scott Brown.
In conjunction with the enforcement action, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released two Consumer Advisories.
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The American Bankers Association in 2011 asked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to apply consumer financial protection laws uniformly across the financial sector regardless of whether an entity is a traditional bank or one of the evolving nonbank payment providers.
Your local EPA will want to get involved in your sale, as well as your municipal consumer protection bureau.
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The White House bowed to Republicans in the Senate in not appointing Elizabeth Warren as head of the Consumer Protection Bureau.
Instead the antitrust industry extracts concessions, promises and the like with pro-consumer, bureau-as-savior verbiage while in reality shoring up rivals and high-fiving the antitrust bar, probably over beers.
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Watch the video below, or check out this handy explainer, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 101: Why We Need a Consumer Watchdog.
Congress also gave the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau the authority to decide whether class waivers should be banned in consumer finance contracts.
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There are 14 major players in the servicing business that have come under attack by all fifty of our States Attorneys General, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, dozens of class action lawyers, and a host of other consumer friendly advocates.
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The controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced its first enforcement action today against Capital One Bank.
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It is the third public enforcement action taken by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
On Wednesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau outlined a set of options designed to encourage such refinancings.
You can also file a complaint with your state attorney general and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Or, why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency, should protect your business as well as consumers.
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Inquiries or complaints on credit or mortgage products should be directed to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Obama also re-nominated Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created after the financial meltdown.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is entering 2013 poised to flex its muscles more vigorously than ever before.
One of the main elements of the legislation is a new consumer financial protection bureau within the Federal Reserve.
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One of them, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), opened its doors recently.
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is an important element of Wall Street reform.
They want the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to change the Credit CARD Act.
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