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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to create prepaid card regulations
Thursday, May 24, 2012
The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced this week its efforts to regulate prepaid debit cards. Regulators fear the cards aren’t backed by protections given regular credit card holders.
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Student loan debt collectors under the microscope
Monday, March 26, 2012
Are debt collectors working for the Department of Education letting debtors know their rights? Bloomberg's John Hechinger discusses the rights of borrowers.
Chasing your debt
Friday, March 9, 2012
More and more, people with outstanding debts are finding themselves in the crosshairs of swarms of collections agencies.
My very first at-B.A.T.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
A letter found in the attic tells a story of the ATM's origins.
Credit agencies and debt collectors to get federal scrutiny
Thursday, February 16, 2012
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing to add the three major credit bureaus and debt colletion companies to the list of businesses the federal agency can now oversee.
Richard Cordray and the CFPB set to work
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Newly appointed head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray, speaks about the priorities on the table for the organization.
Cordray's plans for the CFPB
Friday, January 13, 2012
Richard Cordray, chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, discusses what powers he'll have and how he plans to use them.
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Richard Cordray to head consumer protection bureau
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
President Obama bypassed the Senate and appointed Cordray as the head of the CFPB. Yet, legal challenges will likely follow.
Obama appoints new head of CFPB
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The president plans to use a recess appointment to name Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Senate Republicans block Cordray nomination to CFPB
Friday, December 9, 2011
U.S. Senate Republicans blocked former Ohio attorney general Richard Cordray's appointment as director of the CFPB. The new bureau is a centerpiece in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
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