The president’s nominee to permanently replace Mick Mulvaney at the top of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cleared one major hurdle on Thursday, receiving confirmation by the Senate Banking Committee. Kathy Kraninger narrowly made it through the first step of her confirmation process, gaining the committee’s approval with a 13-12 vote split evenly down party […]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Mick Mulvaney on Wednesday named the first leader for the department’s newly formed Office of Innovation. Paul Watkins, formerly in charge of financial technology initiatives for the attorney general of Arizona’s office, will take the helm of the innovation office, announced as part of a larger restructuring of the […]

Informal guidance from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (also known as the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection) should not be treated as rule from a compliance standpoint, according to a position held by the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association that was submitted in formal comments to the Bureau this week. Responding to a Request for […]

A prominent senator on Tuesday pledged to hold up the nomination of the potential new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau chief due to questions over her involvement with the ongoing immigration crisis at the southern border. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who helped create the framework for the modern CFPB, vowed to hold up Kathy Kraninger’s confirmation process […]

Less than a week before a deadline that would have forced current Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Mick Mulvaney to leave his post, President Trump formally nominated a candidate to replace him. Kathy Kraninger, who has worked under Mulvaney at the White House Office of Management and Budget, is officially Trump’s pick to lead […]

When President Trump appointed Mick Mulvaney to serve as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the term had a six-month expiration date — a day that’s rapidly approaching. Mulvaney can only serve until June 22, and the acting CFPB director recently had to remind the White House of that fact, according to a […]

In a sweeping move, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Mick Mulvaney on Wednesday fired the bureau’s entire 25-member Consumer Advisory Board. A CFPB official told the board — comprised of prominent legal advocates, financial services executives, and other industry stakeholders — on a conference call that they were being dismissed and could not reapply for […]