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Chopra
CFPB
Senate, voting 50-48, confirms Chopra to five-year term as CFPB director
The Senate on Thursday confirmed Rohit Chopra to a five-year term as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on a straight, party-line vote of 50-48. Chopra, nominated to the bureau post in February […]
CFPB
Chopra nomination to CFPB ready for Senate action
Rohit Chopra’s nomination to a five-year term as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is ready for Senate action following the chamber’s vote Tuesday to discharge the nomination from the Senate Banking Committee. […]
NCUA
Renomination of NCUA leader puts small dent into longer list of regulator openings
President Joe Biden’s (D) “intent to nominate” NCUA Board Chairman Todd Harper to a term ending in 2027 (and continue as chairman) puts one dent into the long list of financial regulator positions that still […]
CFPB
Chopra calls for fair, effective CFPB oversight of mortgage market; warns of effects of evictions, foreclosures
Saying he looks forward to approaching with an open mind the mission of the federal consumer financial protection agency he was nominated to lead, Rohit Chopra told a Senate panel Tuesday that fair and effective […]
CFPB
Incoming Senate panel chairman praises CFPB nominee; discussed plans to ‘rebuild the bureau’
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the nominee to lead the federal consumer financial protection agency has won glowing praise from the incoming leader of the Senate Banking Committee following a video call between the two. That praise included […]
CFPB
UPDATED: Kraninger tenders resignation from CFPB, citing support for Biden to appoint own officials
Noting that she was doing so at the request of the new Biden administration, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathleen (“Kathy”) Kraninger resigned Wednesday shortly after 12:45 p.m. ET. She had served about 25 […]
CFPB
Chopra nomination to CFPB likely first step in number of leadership changes ahead
By tapping Rohit Chopra as the intended nominee for next director of the federal consumer financial protection agency, the incoming Biden administration is signaling that changes are coming to leadership of federal financial institution regulation. […]