Fighting junk fees, tackling medical debt and aiding banking deserts are just some of the protections the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) provided for rural communities. In February, the ...

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday dropped a series of enforcement actions against financial services companies accused of wrongdoing under the prior administration, including a ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hurts consumers by slapping unnecessary fines and regulations on lenders, making it harder for them to lend and driving vulnerable Americans into financial ...

Supporters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rally after acting CFPB Director Russell Vought told all of the agency's staff to stay away from the office and do no work, outside the CFPB ...

In the weeks since President Trump's return to office, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, long a target of conservatives, landed in the crosshairs of Elon Musk's DOGE, or Department of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer ...

The Trump administration's Feb. 8 order that employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau halt much of their work amounts to an existential crisis for a government agency that itself was ...

Unfortunately, the Dodd-Frank law added even more politicization by creating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has raised costs and pushed many financial services beyond the reach of ...

The watchdog agency we're talking about is the CFPB, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As its name indicates, its job is to fight financial abuse and fraud on behalf of American consumers.

Layoffs at the CFPB are on hold, for now. Advocates say a mini agency at the state level could help protect consumers, but it might not be enough. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is among ...

Top officials at the embattled U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have not allowed staff to resume supervising financial companies despite committing to engage in all legally-required ...

Stalled lawsuits. Halted supervision and oversight. Suspended workforce. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the midst of a complete overhaul that could cripple its ability to act as ...