Nominating McKernan to lead the CFPB suggests that, despite the "delete" rhetoric, the consumer watchdog isn't on its way to the kill shelter.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has hit U.K.-based remittance company Wise with about a $2 million fine for what it described as “a series of illegal actions.” Those actions ...

On January 13, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a new proposed rule attempting to ban certain contractual provisions in "take it or leave it" consumer contracts that purport ...

Natalia Gdovskaia / Getty Images If you're a fan of CD laddering, you've probably been enjoying the high annual percentage yields (APYs) of 2023 and 2024. However, with the Federal Reserve ...

Since Oct. 1, the CFPB has issued six proposed rules and four final rules, and filed or issued no fewer than 20 lawsuits and enforcement actions, according to Crane. “That’s just a lot of activity in ...

Abolishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) should rank high on the list as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) seeks to cut reckless federal spending. This agency—created in ...

Wise violated the CFPB’s remittance and prepaid card rules, the agency said. At least 16,000 Wise customers were overcharged due ...

Wells Fargo said Tuesday that its 2022 consent order with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau relating to auto lending, consumer deposit accounts and mortgage lending has closed. In 2022, the ...

In 2022, the CFPB said it spotted violations across some of Wells Fargo's consumer product lines, leading to billions of dollars in financial harm. The agency alleged that the bank had improperly ...

The CFPB ordered Block to update its business practices to comply with the law, pay between $75 and $120 million to users whose unauthorized transfers weren't investigated and send a $55 million ...

Threats against DEI practices: Ezell's Tuesday memorandum announcing the move includes a template email to the federal workforce urging them to report any effort to “disguise” diversity programs.