Gotcha-free exams *

USA - January 7 2013
I am at the ABA Consumer Financial Services Committee's meeting in Naples, Florida. (There is record attendance at this year's meeting—nearly 225…

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Let’s hear from Academic Research Council members *

USA - October 4 2012
The first meeting of the CFPB’s new Academic Research Council, which was held on July 27, 2012, was not open to the public. 

Co-authors: Barbara S. Mishkin.

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Either way, we all pay *

USA - October 17 2011
In an article in this weekend’s Cleveland Plain Dealer entitled Congress Fiddles While Anger at Wall Street Burns: Plain Dealing, business columnist Sheryl Harris takes Senate Republicans to task for not confirming Richard Cordray to lead the Bureau.

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Dodd-Frank clarifies limited reach of FCRA *

USA - August 2 2011
Dodd-Frank’s definition of “financial product or service” clarifies that those offering public records information retrieval or fraud prevention services are not only outside the reach of the Bureau, but also not subject to the FCRA.

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau launches Web site *

USA - February 4 2011
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which does not have official authority until the designated transfer date, July 21, 2011, has launched its Web site at http://www.consumerfinance.gov/.

Co-authors: John L. Culhane, Jr, Alan S. Kaplinsky, Barbara S. Mishkin, Jeremy T. Rosenblum, Mercedes K. Tunstall .

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