CFPB Official Vows to Stay in Job After Reports of Past Racial Remarks
Wall Street Journal, Oct. 1, 2018–Yuka Hayashi (subscription)
Eric Blankenstein, the top enforcement official at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Monday expressed regret for “poor conduct” regarding past racial remarks he made on a blog more than a decade ago, saying he was “absolutely committed to carrying out the bureau’s fair lending mandate.”
