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Richard Cordray will be leaving CFPB by the end of November. Nancy Derr-Castiglione examines how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau developed and how she thinks it ought to change.

Looking on as Cordray steps down

Compliance veteran gives her wish list
Regulators periodically publish their estimates of how long it takes to comply with information collection requirements. Nancy Derr-Castiglione does a bit of math, for the "fun" of it.

Checking out regulatory math

How close do regulators come on compliance time burden?
Is climate change risk on your bank’s radar?

Is climate change risk on your bank’s radar?

International group finalizes voluntary measures banks can take
Letter from Colorado: banks and the marijuana business

Letter from Colorado: banks and the marijuana business

Recreational drug firms finding easier access to financial services
Compliance expert Lucy Griffin warns that pendulums swing both ways, and bankers who count on permanent change forget that at their peril.

Regulatory relief: When the pendulum swings ...

… be careful or it will smack you when it swings back
Latest guidance on third-party relationships continues growing and widening stress on vendor management by federal regulators.

Third-party scrutiny expands at OCC

Customer complaints play a growing role in exam scrutiny
Since its founding, the bureau has made a point of transparency, open government, consultation with affected groups, and more. Yet ultimately, says blogger Lucy Griffin, what it is emanates from a single official. How could its practices change under a multi-player board?

Replacing CFPB’s Director with a board

That’s a change bankers can now ask for. But it has to be an “ask,” not a “wish”
Republican-led Congress and White House mark a potentially good beginning, not a successful conclusion.

Don’t rely on a “business-friendly” Washington

Banks must still prove the anti-regulation case
Living the consumer’s side of compliance

Living the consumer’s side of compliance

Our compliance expert explores the red-tape jungle in search of a HELOC
What would you tell the Presidential candidates about banking? Here’s Common Sense Compliance blogger Nancy Derr-Castiglione’s message for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Add your thoughts in the comments section at the conclusion.

A compliance officer’s “Dear Hillary and Donald”

Election nears. What “common sense” would you offer the next President?
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