AFR in the News: NPR’s “On Point” Examines CFPB Battle
Ed Mierzwinski of US PIRG (also the head of AFR”s consumer protection task force) appeared on WBUR-FM with a Washington Post reporter and a Heritage Foundation fellow.
Tag Archives: CFPB
AFR Calls for Increased Consumer Protections in CFPB’s Trial Disclosures Proposal
AFR submitted a comment letter to the CFPB arguing for the need of rigorous consumer protections attached to any corporate field testing of new disclosure forms.
AFR Applauds 54 Senators for Standing Up to Pressure to Weaken the CFPB
Senate leaders take a clear stand against the threat of what one Congressional scholar has termed modern-day nullification.
AFR Letter Calling for the Confirmation of Richard Cordray as Director of CFPB
AFR sent a letter to members of the Senate urging them to support the confirmation of Richard Cordray as the full term director of the CFPB.
Credit Reports Riddled With Errors, FTC Confirms
“These findings of widespread and damaging errors… underscore once again how important the [CFPB] is, and how important it is for the Senate to confirm Richard Cordray as Director.”
Tell the Senate to Confirm Richard Cordray and Let the CFPB Do Its Job
Another battle is brewing over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. President Obama has renominated Richard Cordray as director, but 43 Senators have threatened to once again block his appointment unless the agency is dramatically weakened. Make no mistake: what we’re facing is an attempt to
Small Businesses Overwhelmingly Back CFPB
84% say they support the consumer Bureau, and most are Republicans in a new poll commissioned by Small Business Majority and sponsored by the Center for Responsible Lending
AFR in the News: Cordray Nomination Shows Consumer Bureau Battle Lines Unmoved
While Republicans threaten to once again insist on weakening changes in the CFPB’s governing structure before considering a nominee for director, Richard Cordray may be winning over some elements of the banking world, according to Bloomberg.
AFR Statement on Re-Nomination of Richard Cordray
“The Senate now has a second chance to confirm this commendable nominee. It should.”
AFR in the News: CFPB Limits Dual-Track Foreclosures
“Mortgage servicers will face greater limits on their ability to foreclose on a borrower while simultaneously negotiating a loan modification under new rules issued by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,” Bloomberg’s Carter Dougherty reports. The new rules “go further” than the bureau’s first proposal