Consumer Financial Protection Bureau And Department Of Justice Action Requires Bancorpsouth To Pay $10.6 Million To Address Discriminatory Mortgage Lending Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a joint action against BancorpSouth Bank for discriminatory mortgage lending practices that harmed…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Supervisory Actions Return $24.5 Million To A Quarter-Million Consumers Harmed By Illegal Activities
Washington, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced that its supervisory actions in the first four months of the year uncovered illegal activities in auto finance and…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposes To Amend Gramm-Leach-Bliley Rule To Implement Recent Congressional Legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today proposed to implement recent Congressional legislation that allows financial institutions that meet certain requirements to be exempt from sending annual…
Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Efi Koutsokosta of Euronews
QUESTION: So Mr. Secretary, thank you very much for joining us here in Brussels on Global Conversation. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good to be with you. Thank you. QUESTION: So finally Finland…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders Santander Bank to Pay $10 Million Fine for Illegal Overdraft Practices
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ordered Santander Bank, N.A. to pay a $10 million fine for illegal overdraft service practices. Santander’s telemarketing vendor deceptively marketed…
Secretary Blinken’s Call with Chilean Foreign Minister van Klaveren
The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Chilean Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren. The Secretary recognized 200 years…
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Announces Changes To Senior Leadership
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today announced leadership changes within the Bureau. The positions being announced today are: the Associate Director for Supervision, Enforcement, and Fair Lending;…
Release of Japan-U.S.-Mekong Power Partnership Action Plan
Today, at the Friends of the Mekong Senior Officials Meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR, the United States and Japan, together with Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam, released the Japan-U.S.-Mekong…
U.S. Welcomes Canada’s Repatriation from Northeast Syria
The United States appreciates Canada’s repatriation today of 14 women and children from displaced persons camps in northeast Syria. We are also grateful to our local partners, the Syrian Democratic…
Agencies Issue Proposal on Method to Adjust Thresholds for Exempting Certain Consumer Credit and Lease Transactions
The Federal Reserve Board and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued a proposal detailing the method that will be used to adjust the thresholds for exempting certain consumer…