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Byline: Kate Berry Litigation is soaking up a significant share of resources at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which faces at least a dozen cases challenging its constitutionality and a [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The House Financial Services Committee is threatening to file contempt charges against Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray for allegedly lying about the bureau's investigation into [...]

Byline: Kate Berry A federal appeals court appears to be leaning toward a ruling in favor of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with several judges arguing that a single director [...]

Byline: Kate Berry A federal appeals court is set to hear oral arguments Wednesday in a highly anticipated case that is the first significant challenge to the constitutionality of the [...]

Byline: Kate Berry A group of 158 law professors and scholars on Tuesday defended the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a letter to top lawmakers, saying a bill to overhaul [...]

Byline: Kate Berry It's a situation that has become depressingly familiar for big banks. A negative story makes the rounds on the internet and quickly turns viral, eventually swamping the [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to launch an inquiry into small-business lending, the first step toward crafting a rule for the collection and reporting of small-business [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency failed to investigate complaints about abusive sales practices at Wells Fargo despite first learning of potential issues more than [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit Monday against an Ohio law firm for allegedly engaging in illegal debt collection practices after the firm said it [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Banks may be hoping for a friendlier enforcement environment under the Trump administration, but legal experts suggest a lighter touch will probably not extend to Wells Fargo [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday that a provision in an arbitration agreement is invalid and unenforceable if it tries to waive a consumer's right [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray was subjected to a barrage of accusations and innuendo by House Republicans on Wednesday, as they apparently sought to give [...]

Byline: Kate Berry WASHINGTON -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau racked up an impressive track record related to enforcement actions between its formation in 2011 and 2015, winning 122 cases [...]

Byline: Kate Berry WASHINGTON -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a proposal Friday that would give mortgage lenders more flexibility in collecting information on the race, sex and ethnicity [...]

Byline: Kate Berry WASHINGTON -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday fined consumer credit reporting agency Experian $3 million for allegedly deceiving consumers about credit scores and forcing them [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Card issuers are sounding the alarm about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's final prepaid rule, claiming the agency has opened the door to potential fraud on unregistered [...]

Byline: Kate Berry In their drive to revamp the Dodd-Frank Act, Republicans have repeatedly asserted that the 2010 financial reform law has increased the cost of consumer lending and cut [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Justice Department plans to defend President Trump's executive authority by siding with PHH Corp. in the mortgage lender's contentious case alleging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Stymied by an appeals court decision that made it more difficult for the Trump administration to fire Richard Cordray as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said this week that Wells Fargo made 'a huge mistake' in the way it handled the phony-accounts scandal, and he laid the blame [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking feedback on the benefits and risks of using alternative data sources, such as rent or utility payments, that would allow [...]

Byline: Kate Berry A federal appeals court agreed Thursday to scrap an earlier ruling against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's constitutionality, saying it will revisit the issue at a hearing [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray has managed to keep his job for more than two weeks into a Trump administration, despite repeated calls by House [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the New York attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a New Jersey law firm and its owner for allegedly luring [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday ordered Mastercard and the prepaid debit card company UniRush to pay $13 million in restitution and fines for a service [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Democrats boycotted the Senate Finance Committee's planned vote Tuesday on the nomination of Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin, temporarily stalling it from moving forward. Under panel rules, Republicans [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hit Prospect Mortgage with a $3.5 million fine for allegedly paying kickbacks to two real estate brokers and a servicer for referrals [...]

Byline: Kate Berry PHH Corp. is opposing an attempt by Democratic attorneys general in 16 states and the District of Columbia to intervene in an appeals court case that found [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued two attorneys and their law firms on Monday for allegedly taking over a debt relief scam of their former client, the [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Democrats and progressive groups have drawn a line in the sand over Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray, hoping to capitalize on the successful march on [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Democratic attorneys general in 16 states and the District of Columbia have asked to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a controversial appeals court case, citing [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray sent his strongest signal to date on Tuesday that he has no intention of resigning ahead of his term's expiration [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered two units of Citigroup to pay a combined $28.8 million for failing to help borrowers with foreclosure relief. CitiMortgage, an O'Fallon, [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is ramping up enforcement actions ahead of a possible political showdown between President Donald J. Trump and the agency's director, Richard Cordray. [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Native American tribal lenders that market small-dollar and installment loans can be investigated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a California appeals court ruled Friday in a [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday sued TCF National Bank in Wayzata, Minn., for what the bureau said were deceptive and abusive practices in selling overdraft [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and two states on Wednesday sued the nation's largest student loan servicer, Navient, formerly part of Sallie Mae, for allegedly systematic failures [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Bankers are trying to stop the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from allowing consumers to rank how companies handle complaints on a one- to five-star scale and to [...]

Byline: Kate Berry House Democrats sent a letter Tuesday to President-elect Donald J. Trump, urging him to reject calls by Republicans to fire Richard Cordray, the director of the Consumer [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Wells Fargo announced Tuesday it was making changes to the way it pays branch employees, with a focus on base pay and branch performance as the bank [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Two Republican senators sent a letter to Vice President-elect Mike Pence calling for the removal of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray. Sens. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., [...]

Byline: Kate Berry Wells Fargo retail banking chief Mary Mack will disclose details of the bank's new compensation plan to employees next week, a company spokeswoman said Friday. The new [...]

Byline: Kate Berry A California consumer group on Thursday urged the Senate Finance Committee to delay an upcoming nomination hearing into Treasury Secretary-designate Steven Mnuchin after a leaked 2013 memo [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces a precarious and uncertain future in 2017 with all eyes focused on two questions: whether President-elect Donald Trump will attempt to [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday said Moneytree Inc. mislead consumers about the price of its check-cashing services, falsely threatened to repossess vehicles and withdrew funds [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The California Department of Insurance launched an investigation Monday into allegations that Wells Fargo employees signed up consumers for Prudential Insurance policies without their authorization. California investigators [...]

Byline: Kate Berry SAN FRANCISCO -- A flood of fintech companies are promising to create a better experience for mortgage borrowers, forcing lenders that want to be competitive in the [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is expected to downgrade Wells Fargo's Community Reinvestment Act rating in January to 'needs to improve,' from 'outstanding,' according [...]

Byline: Kate Berry The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday filed consent orders against three reverse mortgage companies, accusing them of deceptive advertising and misrepresentations. The companies all claimed in [...]

Byline: Kate Berry President-elect Donald Trump's choice of Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary set off a flurry of angry responses from foreclosed homeowners that are likely to haunt the former [...]