Consumers don't need more hidden fees, tricky loans, or a repeat of financial crisis
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a go-to financial agency for dealing with bad practices. Trump ...
US consumer bureau upheaval leaves consumers adrift, experts say
The Trump administration's rapid dismantling of the U.S. consumer protection watchdog will have broad implications for ...
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District courts receive three complaints challenging DOGE access to data
U.S. district courts have received three complaints challenging DOGE’s access to sensitive consumer data. The first of these complaints ...
Consumer advocacy organization files complaint over Trump's meme coin
Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization, has called for a federal investigation into whether U.S. President Donald ...
Democrats vow to fight shutdown of consumer watchdog agency
A group of 191 House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of ...
Powell says bank accounts ‘safe’ despite teardown of consumer protection agency
The Federal Reserve chair testified before a Senate panel. “We do not need to be in a hurry to adjust” interest rates, he ...
Crypto CEO cheers demise of government board where customers lodged thousands of complaints
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong cheered the Trump administration’s attacks on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) over the weekend but neglected to mention the thousands of complaints his ...
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 ...
36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations
The agency had been one of Wall Street’s most feared regulators, with the power to issue rules on mortgages, credit cards, ...