Compliance & Regulation

The candidates being discussed lately to run the agency bring experience on consumer protection issues, and potential bipartisan appeal.

Mick Mulvaney and Richard Cordray set themselves apart from the run-of-the-mill Beltway bashing of late when their war of words over the CFPB went positively bookish.

Analysts believe a bipartisan coalition supporting limited regulatory relief will hold, but the toxic political environment and more looming budget battles to come could obstruct the banking bill's path.

Changes by the National Labor Relations Board ease the tension between one agency requiring lenders to monitor their social media presence and their employees' free speech rights.

Regulators said they were taking steps to recognize contributions to the recovery made by banks anywhere in the nation.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a request for information Wednesday seeking comment on the bureau's process for investigating companies that face possible enforcement actions.

Many in the industry applauded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new mission statement shifting the agency's focus away from using enforcement actions as a substitute for rules of the road.

The Community Home Lenders Association sent a letter to the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday laying out its priorities for GSE reform.

Supporters of an unreleased bill to revamp the housing finance system say the plan strikes a middle ground that can gain support from both sides of the aisle.

Pennsylvania will soon start accepting applications for new servicing licenses added to address the growth of nondepositories, joining other states with similar authority.