The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced yesterday that it will begin accepting applications from individuals who would like to participate in one of its four advisory committees, including the Consumer Advisory Board. Applications will be accepted starting July 5 and must be submitted before July 24. The committee that is …
Read More »CFPB Names New Members to Advisory Board — None from ARM Industry, Again
Once again, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has opted not to include anyone from the accounts receivable management industry on its Consumer Advisory Board, despite multiple individuals from the industry who applied for a spot. The CFPB announced the members of four committees — the Consumer Advisory Board, the Community …
Read More »CFPB Opens Application Window to Join Advisory Committees
Be part of the solution, not the problem, the old saying goes. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is giving participants in the debt collection industry the opportunity to be part of the solution, but only if they are willing to do the work required to participate. The CFPB announced yesterday …
Read More »[UPDATED] Mulvaney Cleans House and Fires All 25 Members of CFPB’s Consumer Advisory Board
Editor’s Note: Updated with comments from current and former members of the Consumer Advisory Board below. Mick Mulvaney, the acting director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, does not appear to take criticism well. Days after nearly half of the agency’s Consumer Advisory Board spoke out and shared their …
Read More »Only ARM Industry Rep on CFPB’s CAB Shares Perspective on Canceled Meetings
The lone member of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection’s Consumer Advisory Board who has ties to the ARM industry is willing to give acting director Mick Mulvaney the benefit of the doubt after he has canceled a CAB meeting that was supposed to be held today. A number …
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