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CFPB Court Hearing: What To Expect
CFPB Court Hearing: What To Expect
May 23, 2017  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will see a federal appeals court hear oral arguments later this week on the constitutionality of the government watchdog...

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CFPB Claims Few Student Loan Borrowers Use Affordable Repayment Options
CFPB Claims Few Student Loan Borrowers Use Affordable Repayment Options
May 17, 2017  |  Loans

With 44 million Americans currently in student loan debt, equaling just over $1.4 trillion, paying all of that back can seem like a daunting and...

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New Prepaid Card Rules Survived The CRA (Payday Lending Regs Might Not)
New Prepaid Card Rules Survived The CRA (Payday Lending Regs Might Not)
May 16, 2017  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rulemaking authority survived its first big challenge from the now Republican-dominated houses of Congress when an effort to use...

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A Birdseye Views Of Alternative Finance
A Birdseye Views Of Alternative Finance
May 15, 2017  |  B2B Payments

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has kicked off an inquiry into the U.S.’ SME finance space to understand how lenders lend to small businesses...

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Retail Fizzles, Alipay Sizzles — And Burger Wars Reignite On Mobile
Retail Fizzles, Alipay Sizzles — And Burger Wars Reignite On Mobile
May 12, 2017  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

May flowers did not appear for retail earnings, unless you consider a bouquet of stinkweed a blanket of blossoms. Simply put, the numbers were dismal,...

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The CFPB Is Taking A Closer Look At SMB Credit Access
The CFPB Is Taking A Closer Look At SMB Credit Access
May 10, 2017  |  CFPB

After almost a decade of complaints regarding a lack of access to credit, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced it will launch an inquiry...

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Changes In Attitude, Changes In FinServ Regulatory Latitude
Changes In Attitude, Changes In FinServ Regulatory Latitude
May 09, 2017  |  CFPB

Last week was not a good week to be the CFPB or Dodd-Frank financial reforms. The House Financial Services Committee voted 34 to 26 to...

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Banks Line Up To Challenge CFPB
Banks Line Up To Challenge CFPB
May 08, 2017  |  CFPB

Things are getting tougher for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under the new political administration. More banks are now willing to challenge CFPB enforcement actions,...

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CFPB Slams Online Lenders
CFPB Slams Online Lenders
April 28, 2017  |  CFPB

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) just recently filed suit against four online lenders for allegedly collecting on consumer debts they were not legally owed....

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