Rachel Witkowski

Republicans Criticize CFPB Over Qualified Mortgage Rule
May 22, 2013 At a hearing of a House financial institutions subcommittee, several lawmakers focused on the agency's qualified mortgage...

PHH Data Breach Exposes Employee Information
May 16, 2013 A temporary worker for PHH Corp. potentially gained access to employees' personal information, including Social Security...

Mortgage Regulations Tough Challenge for CFPB
April 29, 2013 While lenders will be scrambling to meet the deadlines, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces its own challenges in...

Raj Date, Former CFPB Deputy Director, Starts Own Firm
April 17, 2013 Raj Date, the former deputy director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has started a multifaceted bank advisory...

OCC Seeks Enforcement Powers against Bank Consultants
April 11, 2013 The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is asking lawmakers to expand its authority to take enforcement actions against...

CFPB Mortgage Rule Signals Relief for Securitizers
January 24, 2013 The industry's positive reaction to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau qualified mortgage rule, which governs mortgage...

OCC's Thomas Curry on Big Bank Breakup, Basel and Preemption
January 23, 2013 In his first nine months as comptroller of the currency, Thomas Curry has had to deal with a community bank revolt against...

Servicing Rules Could Force Institutions Out of the Business
January 18, 2013 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new mortgage servicing rules may force some servicers to exit the business...

Will the Qualified Mortgage Rule Kill the Subprime Mortgage?
January 14, 2013 Subprime mortgages are likely to become harder to make and more expensive to sell based on the new qualified mortgage rule.

Hard Part Just Starting for CFPB After Busy First Year
December 31, 2012 It was a year of firsts for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2012.