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Senate Democrats are warning the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be careful as it considers changes to its mortgage underwriting rules.
September 17 -
The Supreme Court may be closer to examining a key restraint on a president's ability to change CFPB leadership.
September 12 -
When the former vice president and Massachusetts senator appear together in Houston, they could present two contrasting visions of financial policy within the presidential field.
September 9 -
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and three House members are seeking more details about Paul Watkins' past work with an organization the Southern Poverty Law Center says is an anti-LGBTQ hate group.
August 15 -
The Massachusetts Democrat is questioning a claim by the agency about the amount of redress available to those affected by the credit bureau's 2017 data breach.
August 14 -
Eric Blankenstein, now at HUD, is under fire for asking a subordinate to defend him after it was revealed he wrote racially charged blogs 14 years earlier.
July 29 -
Critical comments about Wall Street in the first debates signal an unfriendly political environment for banks. Here is a sample of leading candidates’ financial policy views.
July 8 -
After years of largely standing on the sidelines, lawmakers are taking a closer look at whether algorithms used by banks and fintechs to make lending decisions could make discrimination worse instead of better.
June 26 -
Democratic lawmakers argue that Paul Watkins' former employment at a "homophobic hate group" makes him unfit to lead the agency's innovation office. Watkins says he did no advocacy work for that organization.
June 25 -
Fuller transparency from lenders in the mortgage decision process and disclosure on disapprovals would help keep biases in check and take down racial barriers to homeownership, according to a study by Clever Real Estate.
June 24