Kraninger – What’s in a name?
In what direction will Kathy Kraninger take the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)? Just about everyone probably is wondering the answer to that question. Will she continue the bureau’s “hear no evil, see no evil” stance adopted by acting director Mick Mulvaney? Or will she position the bureau as the consumer watchdog it had been under former Director Richard Cordray? If Kraninger's first publicized decision is any indicator; Americans may have gotten an arbiter of common sense. Photo Cred: CFPB Without disrespecting Mulvaney or President Donald Trump, Kraninger put a halt to an initiative to change the name of [...]