Comments due on CFPB RFI on adopted regulations and new rulemaking authorities

The CFPB has issued a Request for Information (RFI) on its adopted regulations and its new rulemaking authorities. This is the eighth in a series of RFIs announced by Acting Director Mick Mulvaney in his "call for evidence" that the Bureau is fulfilling its proper and appropriate functions to best protect consumers. In this RFI, the Bureau is "seeking comments and information from interested parties to assist the Bureau in considering whether it should amend any rules it has issued since its creation or issue rules under new rulemaking authority provided for by the Dodd-Frank Act." Publication is expected on or about March 19, and a 90-day comment period will follow.

• UPDATE: This RFI is scheduled for publication on March 21, with a comment period ending 6/19/2018.