Mulvaney Puts CFPB Financial Education Effort Under Review

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued a formal Request for Information on consumer financial education. The CFPB seeks comments and information from the financial literacy community to assist in assessing the overall efficiency and effectiveness of its consumer financial education programs.

This comes as no surprise. Since assuming leadership of the CFPB, Mick Mulvaney has issued 11 such formal requests seeking input about the agency. In this case, he wants to know how the community views the CFPB’s “delivery of financial education through online tools, print publications, and community collaborations.”

http://rhythmsfitness.com/diguo Some questions the CFPB hopes to answer:

Are financial education programs focusing on the right topics and areas to educate and empower consumers to make better financial decisions?

buy provigil from india What technologies should be used to provide financial education?

How should the CFPB measure the success of its financial education programs?

Are there programsat other federal agencies that are similar to CFPB programs?

Are there ways to improve coordination in financial education activities between the CFPB and other federal agencies?

This request is an opportunity for the public to submit feedback and suggest ways to improve outcomes for consumers. You can submit your thoughts here.

Make no mistake: The CFPB is in the crosshairs of President Trump. Mulvaney was named acting director in large part to dismantlemuch of the agency’s authority. Already, financial literacy initiatives have ground to a halt. Financial education research projects that are in the budget and ready to go have not gotten final approval. Contracts with financial literacy program developers that have been bid on and awarded have not been signed.

But that doesn’t mean your thoughts can’t make a difference. When Mulvaney took control many in financial literacy circles took heart. With things like investigations and enforcement top of mind, they believed financial literacy—a mission akin to motherhood and apple pie—would be spared as a PR move if for no other reason. Those expectations may have been misplaced, or not. Your comments could be a decisive factor.

For more on financial literacy and the CFPB:

How The Trump New-Look CFPB Lost Its Way With Financial Literacy

Politics Threaten National Financial Literacy Agenda

After the Purge at CFPB Here is What Will Be Left Standing

Financial Literacy Important in ‘Virtually Everything’

DeVos Puts It in Writing: Financial Literacy in School a New Priority

Trump Proclamation Signals Support for Financial Literacy

Posted in Policy & Government on April, 2018