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22 Jun 2011, 7:20 pm
“Know before you owe” is a beautifully-designed site that’s been put up by the new US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 6:07 pm
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act protects consumers from various unsavory practices that are sometimes employed by debt collectors. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 6:07 pm
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act protects consumers from various unsavory practices that are sometimes employed by debt collectors. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 9:15 am
Filed under: consumer financial protection bureau, consumer protection, economics, regulation [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 8:51 am
Filed under: antitrust, behavioral economics, behavioral economics, consumer financial protection bureau, consumer protection, doj, economics, federal trade commission [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 2:08 pm
Even though Republican senators have stymied the White House from naming a director, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will formally open its doors on July 21. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 11:14 am
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will start actively playing the role outlined for it in 2010’s consumer protection law. [read post]
20 Jun 2011, 7:26 am
Obama’s stimulus failed on its own terms, his health care plan hangs like a sword of Damocles over small business, and his regulatory agencies—from the EPA to the NLRB to the Federal Reserve to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—have become economic uncertainty machines. [read post]
17 Jun 2011, 11:56 am
And with the constant calls for smaller government and more personal responsibility in the private sector, it only makes sense that livestock producers and property owners—not U.S. taxpayers—should be financially responsible for protecting their property from damage attributed to wildlife. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 1:31 pm
“The Consumer Financial Protection Board is being born in an atmosphere of secrecy and cover-up,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 12:42 pm
The primary mission of NOLGA and its members, who are separate from but work closely with state insurance regulators, is to ensure that consumers receive (at a minimum) a level of financial protection as prescribed by state statute when a life or health insurance company fails. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 10:15 am
Also, under Section 627, the SEC must report, within 180 days of enactment, to Congress on increasing public participation in the rulemaking process and reducing uncertainty; improving coordination with other Federal agencies to eliminate redundant, inconsistent, and overlapping regulations; and identifying existing regulations that have been reviewed and determined to be outmoded, ineffective, or excessively burdensome.In addition, the legislation would limit mandatory funds for the… [read post]
15 Jun 2011, 11:02 pm
The bill made some major changes to the regulatory landscape affecting financial institutions (bye-bye Office of Thrift Supervision, hello Consumer Financial Protection Bureau). [read post]
14 Jun 2011, 4:55 am
A New York Times editorial calls for President Obama "to take off the gloves" when it comes to filling key regulatory posts, including supporting Elizabeth Warren to fill the top spot of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 2:18 pm
Next month, debt collection agencies will be regulated by the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 8:10 am
It's not too great a leap to look at the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as another federal regulatory agency that can and will protect financial consumers. [read post]
11 Jun 2011, 3:41 pm
Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) has offered an amendment (SA 417) to the Economic Development Revitalization Act, S782, extending the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) to independent agencies such as the SEC, CFTC and even to the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection created by the Dodd-Frank Act. [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 6:44 am
Following up on Jeff's "Waiting for Godot" post noting the possibility that President Obama may nominate Raj Date (not Elizabeth Warren) to head up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, today's Washington Post reports that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is steadfast in his vow to block any CFPB nominee unless the agency is restructured to the Republicans' liking: [A]n aide to ... [read post]
Please Call the White House Today for Elizabeth Warren… Here’s the Number and a Script. Please Call.
9 Jun 2011, 12:06 pm
I’m calling to urge President Obama to appoint Elizabeth Warren to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, even if it means using his constitutional authority to make a recess appointment. [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 10:20 am
If the agencies find that the rules consider all costs, consumers would not be harmed, and that the small issuer exemption will work, then the currently pending rules would move forward.In remarks on the Senate floor, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) said that the Tester-Corker Amendment was flawed in that the study it mandated only involves banking agencies, thereby excluding consumer protection agencies, like the Consumer Financial Protection… [read post]
