With the recent work stoppage and closure of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) offices, as well as the resignation of top staff, the agency’s future is uncertain. For reporters covering these developments and their potential impact, the following experts are available for comment:
Terri Friedline, Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Bio: Friedline’s research focuses on financial system reform and consumer protections to ensure that households and communities have access to safe and affordable financial products and services. Her research has examined safety and affordability of basic banking products, racial disparities in access to financial services, predatory alternative financial services and the rise in financial technology.
Available to discuss: implications of CFPB on consumer protections and financial technology
Mallory Sorelle, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Duke University
Bio: SoRelle’s research and teaching explore how public policies shape socioeconomic and political inequality in the United States. She focuses primarily on the politics of credit, debt, and consumer financial protection including issues like the CFPB, debt relief policy, fintech, and more. She is the author of Democracy Declined: the Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection.
Available to discuss: implications for borrowers, interest groups, and regulators from a political and policy perspective.
