Education Aug 27 Nation’s top student loan official resigns The government's top official overseeing the $1.5 trillion student loan market resigned in protest today, citing what he says is the White House's open hostility toward protecting the nation's millions of student loan borrowers.
Politics Jul 19 Trump’s pick to run consumer watchdog faces skeptical Senate Kathy Kraninger, 43, was a relatively unknown mid-level bureaucrat working inside the Office of Management and Budget before being nominated by President Trump last month to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Economy Apr 20 Wells Fargo fined $1 billion for mortgage, auto lending abuses Wells Fargo will pay $1 billion to federal regulators to settle charges tied to its mortgage and auto lending business, the latest chapter in a wide-ranging scandal at the banking giant. However, it appears that none of the $1 billion…
Politics Nov 27 Who is the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? A judge has yet to rule Leandra English has filed a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order to block Mick Mulvaney from taking over the bureau.
Nation Nov 15 CFPB Director Cordray, who sparred with GOP, plans to resign NEW YORK — Richard Cordray, the aggressive first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, said Wednesday he will leave the agency by the end of the month.
Nation Oct 02 2.5 million more Americans may be affected by Equifax hack, company says The update comes as Equifax's former CEO, Richard Smith, who announced his retirement last month, will testify in front of Congress starting Tuesday.