The CFPB protects consumers by analyzing the practices of large financial institutions like banks, lenders, credit unions, and debt collectors to ensure they are not improperly targeting consumers.

Russell Vought, the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is halting the flow of new funding to the agency and shutting down its headquarters, the latest threat to the CFPB’s ...

UPDATE: This story was updated Sunday night to include the news that the CFPB headquarters has been ordered closed this week. 1. Stop all supervision activity that has not been approved by the ...

Trump administration closes CFPB HQ for a week Vought suspends CFPB activities, ceases supervision of financial companies Workers accuse Elon Musk of glaring conflict of interest Feb 9 (Reuters ...

Musk’s team on Friday entered the headquarters of the CFPB, an agency that the billionaire Donald Trump adviser has personally targeted, according to three people familiar with their actions.