Several government agencies and at least 34 state attorneys general have opened probes into the Equifax data-breach scandal–‘the gift that keeps on giving,’ says Bill Black.
Read more...What you can do to safeguard your identity in the wake of the Equifax data breach– the worst ever.
Read more...CFPB director Richard Corday’s failure to push for a payday lending rule earlier means we’ll see no rule, for the indefinite future.
Read more...House takes first step to kill mandatory arbitration ban; Senate and Trump will follow. Why did the CFPB wait so long to act on this issue?
Read more...EU survey results show respondents overwhelmingly oppose proposals to impose an EU-wide cash ceiling that would throttle use of cash.
Read more...The latest chapter in the War on Cash.
Read more...The CFPB takes a modest but important step to rein in fraud against consumers, which has banks hoppin’ mad.
Read more...What will CFPB head Richard Cordray do about mandatory arbitration clauses. Some Dems mull action– even without majority to change policy.
Read more...Risk your rice bowls! My riposte to pearl-clutching white shoe lawyers calling on Trump SEC nominee to denounce Trump visa ban.
Read more...House Financial Services Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling takes his best shot at the CFPB and fails to land a single blow.
Read more...Debunking Republican canards about Dodd Frank.
Read more...Latest salvo on cash: European Commission explores setting a maximum limit on cash transactions, to apply cross-regionally from 2018.
Read more...Too much finance is highly correlated with slower growth. But which comes first?
Read more...The oh-so-clever Trump plan to use tax credits to fund infrastructure spending means it will be too small and slow to provide any real boost.
Read more...Republicans have been hostile to the CFPB since its inception. Will Trump fire Cordray quickly– relying on an October court ruling?
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