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Obama taps former prosecutor as Wall Street cop
Jan 24, 2013
Mary Jo White battled mobsters and terrorists as U.S. Attorney. Now, she’ll face hedge fund titans and high-speed traders to revive the SEC.
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This week in personal finance
by
David Gura
Jan 11, 2013
We're talking about some of this week's biggest news stories: consumer debt, the new mortgage rules, and gun control.
Stricter mortgage rules could loosen lending
by
Jeff Horwich
Jan 10, 2013
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is rolling out new rules for mortgage lending. Some bank analysts say that counter-intuitively the stricter rules could actually loosen mortgage lending.
Letters: Whiny Olympians and not-so-free credit reports
by
Jeremy Hobson
and Paddy Hirsch
Jul 27, 2012
Your letters about our stories.
CFPB levels first fine on Capital One
Jul 19, 2012
Capital One must pay $210 million after settling charges from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that it misled credit card customers.
A new cop on the credit reporting beat
Jul 18, 2012
New government oversight could give consumers more power.
CFPB to oversee credit reporting agencies
by
Scott Tong
Jul 16, 2012
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said this morning it will assume oversight of the credit reporting industry.
For public good, not for profit.
Consumer bureau out with first list of complaints
Jun 19, 2012
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has made public the details of 137 complaints against credit card companies, but it's just a small fraction of the almost 17,000 such complaints the agency received.
Consumer agency nears release of complaints
Jun 15, 2012
With few regulatory teeth and partisan fighting over its budget, the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau continues to carve out a role as a place people go to air financial grievances.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to create prepaid card regulations
by
Scott Tong
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.