Topic: Richard Cordray

GOP grills new consumer chief

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 17 days ago
In his first congressional testimony as the official director of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray faced tough...

Administration nominees awaiting next move by GOP

ABC 5 Twin Cities (KSTP) - 18 days ago
Senate Republicans are returning to Washington in an angry mood over President Barack Obama's appointments to two key agencies during a year-end ...

From 'Jeopardy!' to Controversial Presidential Appointment

PBS.org - 18 days ago
Paul Solman interviews Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head Richard Cordray Wednesday in Washington, D.C.. . In the spring of 1987, a law...

Watchdog eases fears over 'abusive' lending powers

South China Morning Post - 18 days ago
The US' government's new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau planned to determine whether lending practices were abusive on a case-by-case basis...

Obama Widens Jihad On Lenders

Investors Business Daily - 18 days ago
Credit Market: The president says he wants to revive the housing market. So why is he creating a special crimes unit to "crack down" on "abusive"...

CFPB Promises to Police Non-Bank Lenders

The Street - 18 days ago
Financial institutions better be on their best behavior. Now that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finally has a director, the agency plans...

What the Cordray Appointment Means for Stocks

A Dash of Insight - 19 days ago
President Obama surprised many with an arcane political maneuver called a "recess appointment." There is a political imbroglio over this decision...

Consumer watchdog nomination "held hostage:" White House

Reuters US Online Report Politics News - 101 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House charged on Thursday that the nomination of President Barack Obama's choice to head a new consumer financial protection agency was being "held hostage" by Republicans as it sought to tap into public anger at Wall Street ...

Republicans and Democrats fight, Cordray waits

Reuters US Online Report Politics News - 160 days ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On Tuesday, Richard Cordray will sit down with the Senate Banking Committee to interview for a job he is unlikely to get.Cordray, a former attorney general in Ohio, has been nominated to be the first director of the new ...

Ohio AG Takes Aim at Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), and Others

American Banking News - 471 days ago
Homes are being foreclosed on in record numbers, amidst the housing market collapse. Tuesday is election day, and banks have had their questionable...