Director, Consumer Campaign, PIRG
Started on staff: 2015
B.A., University of Texas at Austin
Mike directs U.S. PIRG’s national campaign to protect consumers on Wall Street and in the financial marketplace by defending the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and works for stronger privacy protections and corporate accountability in the wake of the Equifax data breach. Mike lives in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) v. Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA). This pivotal case will determine the future of the CFPB’s funding.
In honor of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) 12th birthday on Friday, July 21, PIRG is releasing a list of the strongest actions the federal agency took in the first half of 2023 to protect U.S. consumers.
In honor of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) 12th birthday, we are highlighting top 10 actions the federal agency took so far in 2023 to protect U.S. consumers.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday ordered Bank of America to return more than $100 million to customers who were illegally charged multiple “insufficient funds fees” for the same transactions, had credit card rewards points withheld, and had fake credit card accounts opened without their authorization.
