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 cfpBureau Watch

The American Bankers Association keeps an industry weather eye on developments at the Dodd-Frank Act's Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. 

Structure, Powers and General Organization

 CFPB Organizational Chart Updated May 2
Includes links to staff bios.

• CFPB Seeks Consumer Advisory Board Nominations (2/23/12)
• CFPB Solicits Fair Lending Office Suggestions (12/20/11)
• CFPB Press release on initial start-up (7/21/11)
• Building the CFPB, A Progress Report (7/18/11)
• Joint Report: Review of CFPB Implementation Planning Activities (7/15/11) 
• Joint Response by Treasury and Federal Reserve Board Requesting Information on CFPB (1/10/11) 

Regulations and Guidance

• ABA Comment on Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act Panels (4/24/12)
• ABA Dodd-Frank Guide for Community Banks (2/15/12)
  Dodd-Frank and Community Banks: Your Guide to 12 Critical Issues 
• Bureau Re-publication of Existing Rules, January 2012
  • Read ABA's Staff Analysis (located at the Reg Chart). 
• CFPB Publishes Unified Agenda (1/20/12)
• Get Involved: Section 1100G of the Dodd-Frank Act (DFA) (1/10/12)
• See Regulatory Status Chart for pending proposals
• See Final Rules Chart for catalog of final rules
• ABA: Know Before You Owe TILA/RESPA reform initiative 
• Final List of Enforceable Rules and Orders (7/21/11)
• Small business data collection depends on future rule-making (4/11/11) 
• CFPB Notice and Comment page
• CFPB Guidance page

Exams and Supervisory Guidance

• CFPB to Pursue Discriminatory Lenders (4/18/12) 
  • Buckley Sandler: Legal Bulletin on "Disparate Impact" Discrimination Campaign (May 2012)
• CFPB Announces Expectations for Managing Service Providers (4/13/12) 
• CFPB Issues SAFE Act Exam Procedures (3/7/12)
• CFPB Publishes Mortgage Origination Examination Procedures (1/11/12)
• Treatment of Confidential Supervisory Information (1/4/12)
• ABA Article: SMAART Bureau Supervision: Version 1 and Counting (10/17/11)
• CFPB Supervision and Examination Manual (October 2011)
• CFPB Exam Manual Q&A
• CFPB Exam Manual Blog
• CFPB Exam Manual (10/13/11)
• CFPB Exam Template (10/13/11)
• Mortgage Servicing Examination Procedures (10/13/11)
• CFPB: Consumer centered supervisory program  (7/22/11)
• Model Introductory Letter (7/21/11)
• CFPB Outlines Approach to Bank Supervision, Bank Examination to Begin July 21 (7/12/11)

Administrative Procedures and Investigations

• MOU with FTC (1/20/12)
• KilpatrickTownsend Analysis of CFPB Enforcement Process (8/16/11)
• Investigatory Process (Interim Final) (7/21/11) 
  • Federal Register Notice published on July 28, 2011
• Administrative Enforcement Process (Interim Final) (7/21/11)
  • Federal Register Notice published on July 28, 2011

Complaints and Consumer Response

• Brochure on Credit Discrimination (April 2012)
• CFPB Launches Ask CFPB (3/22/12)
• CFPB now taking complaints on checking accounts (3/1/12)
• CFPB Company Portal Manual, Version 2.2 (11/21/11) 
• CFPB Portal Tracks Consumer Complaints (9/29/11)
• CFPB Credit Card Complaint Page

Enforcement Actions

• Requirements for AG notice when enforcing DFA Title X (Interim Final) 
  • Federal Register Notice published on July 28, 2011
• CFPB Partnership with JAGs

Studies and Reports

• Letter to CFPB Highlights FTC's Work in Debt Collection Issues (3/13/12)
• ABA Dodd-Frank Guide for Community Banks 
  Dodd-Frank and Community Banks: Your Guide to 12 Critical Issues (2/15/12)
• Semi-Annual Report to Congress on CFPB (1/30/12)
• White House Report: Improving Americans' Financial Security: The Importance of a CFPB Director (12/4/11)
• Remittance Study (7/21/11)
• Study on Different Credit Scores (7/21/11)

Testimonies and Speeches

• Transcript: Hearing on the Outlook of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (1/24/12)
• Cordray Nomination Hearing (9/6/11)
• Testimony of Dan Sokolov: CFPB Testifies on Its Impact on Small Business Credit (7/28/11)
• CFPB Speeches and Testimonies

Other Announcements/Initiatives

• CFPB and Department of Education Launch KBYO Project for College Students (10/25/11)
• Raj Date Discusses Flaws in Mortgage Servicing at American Banker Symposium (9/20/11)
• Date: CFPB Will Be 'Fair, Tough' (9/15/11)
• ABA's Dodd-Frank Act Tracker
• CFPB Newsroom

Questions? For more information, contact Grace Marasigan.