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CFPB’s Mulvaney: We don’t have to run a Yelp for banks

Sabri Ben-Achour Apr 25, 2018
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CFPB’s Mulvaney: We don’t have to run a Yelp for banks

Sabri Ben-Achour Apr 25, 2018
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The acting director of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, Mick Mulvaney, said Tuesday that he wants to cut off public access to a web-based database of complaints about financial companies. The American Bankers Association thinks that’s a fine idea. Consumer advocacy groups, not so much. 

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