The leadership situation at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been something of a complicated story since original Director Richard Cordray stepped down last fall. On his way out the door, Cordray appointed Deputy Director Leandra English to the position, in the name of operational...
It looks like the fight over who will lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is coming to an end, as a federal appeals court agreed to expedite the appeal seeking to unseat acting Director Mick Mulvaney. According to American Banker, after District Court Judge...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s acting director, Mick Mulvaney, said Monday (Dec. 4) that he isn’t planning on firing Leandra English, who had been appointed by former CFPB head Richard Cordray to lead the agency until his replacement was found. When Mulvaney was then appointed...
In the battle over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), score one for team Trump. Perhaps temporarily, perhaps with staying power. In late-breaking news on Tuesday (Nov. 28), a U.S. District Court Judge, Timothy Kelly, ruled that Mick Mulvaney, the Trump administration’s budget director, could remain...
January 15, 2020
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has announced that Leandra English, the former deputy director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), has been named special policy advisor to DFS Superintendent Linda Lacewell, according to a release. English worked under former CFPB Director Richard Cordray. She will be in charge of various policy […]
January 24, 2018
It looks like the fight over who will lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is coming to an end, as a federal appeals court agreed to expedite the appeal...
December 05, 2017
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s acting director, Mick Mulvaney, said Monday (Dec. 4) that he isn’t planning on firing Leandra English, who had been appointed by former CFPB head Richard...
November 29, 2017
In the battle over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), score one for team Trump. Perhaps temporarily, perhaps with staying power. In late-breaking news on Tuesday (Nov. 28), a U.S. District...
