2 top CFPB officials quit after Trump, Musk target U.S. consumer protection agency
Two top officials in the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau resigned Tuesday as the Trump administration takes aim the bureau and its employees.
Fed's Powell: No agency other than CFPB tasked with consumer protection enforcement
No U.S. regulator other than the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is tasked with ensuring that banks abide by rules guarding against deceptive practices regarding consumers, the head of the Federal Reserve said on Tuesday as he was pressed by a senior Democratic senator to ensure the CFPB remains funded.
As Musk, Trump administration target CFPB, Democrats defend consumer watchdog's impact
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an independent agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis to safeguard Americans against unfair business practices, is the newest target of Elon Musk and the Trump administration.
What's at stake for consumers as Trump officials target the CFPB
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s recent rules on overdraft and credit card late fees are in jeopardy, while others face an uncertain future.
What is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and why is it a Trump target?
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established to root out corporate wrongdoing after the 2008 crash. The Trump administration has moved to weaken it.
Consumer protection agency CFPB neutralized by Trump's new chief
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was defanged over the weekend with all activities suspended, its upcoming funding facing a cut and its headquarters temporarily closed, removing a layer of oversight over consumer-facing financial companies.
CFPB, saving Illinois consumers from corporate wrongdoing, goes dark in Trump attack on federal agencies
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been kneecapped in the latest attack on a government institution by the Trump administration. The federal agency has helped curtail burdensome bank overdraft fees,
Trump picks Jonathan McKernan to lead CFPB amid shake-up
President Donald Trump is nominating Jonathan McKernan to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...
The CFPB took aim at Big Tech. Then Elon Musk moved to dismantle it.
In the days before Musk’s DOGE set its sights on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, X revealed plans for a payments ...
CFPB Fires 70 Enforcement Lawyers, Other Probationary Employees
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated around 70 probationary employees, including several enforcement division ...
With the CFPB Being Dismantled, Who's Policing The Big Banks?
With the government's consumer watchdog agency off the job on the orders of President Donald Trump, Democratic lawmakers are ...
Shutting down CFPB ‘begging for another financial crisis’: Former director
Rohit Chopra, the former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), argued Monday that shutting down the ...
Two Senior CFPB Officials Leaving After Vought Takeover
Two senior officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau are out of a job days after Russell Vought took over as ...
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Two top CFPB officials resign after being ordered to stop all work
The directors of supervision and enforcement at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stepped down, citing the stop work ...
The CFPB Work Freeze Is Putting Big Tech Regulations ‘On Ice’
The cease-work order at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau won’t just affect lawsuits and enforcement actions. It will stall regulation that could govern tech companies like Apple and Google.
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CFPB’s enforcement, supervision chiefs step down
The moves come after the bureau’s new leaders issued stop-work orders – and threatened personnel action in cases of ...
What CFPB Shutdown Means for Junk Fees
The halt of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's activities leaves CFPB rules targeting junk fees in a state of ...