The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the so-called cop on the beat protecting Americans from financial abuse, is now ...

The CFP also prosecutes companies that it says fail to protect consumers. In December, it filed a lawsuit against the ...

On February 6, the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas issued a 90-day stay of the upcoming March 17 effective date of the ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, agreed to temporarily halt enforcement ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called for a halt on most of the CFPB's work. It could impact rules on overdraft fees, ...

The Biden administration issued a rule that would bar medical debt from being included on credit reports. Consumer advocates ...

And the CFPB's plan to wipe medical debt could actually hurt the very people it is meant to help. From a purely economic perspective, the rule makes little sense. As former Congressional Budget ...

On February 6, a judge for the United District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a 90-day stay on the CFPB’s ...

Founded in 2011 after the 2008 financial crisis, the CFPB is tasked with regulating consumer finance, including overseeing ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established to root out corporate wrongdoing after the 2008 crash. The Trump administration has moved to weaken it.

The Trump administration has halted the CFPB’s activities, suspending consumer protections like overdraft fee caps and ...

President Trump's nomination of Jonathan McKernan as CFPB director signals a potential shift in the agency's regulatory ...