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 13, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas stayed a lawsuit against the CFPB regarding the CFPB’s medical ...

With the CFPB shut down, banks and lenders now face no federal oversight, putting homeowners and consumers at risk of foreclosure, fraud, and ...

Recent actions by President Donald Trump against the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have sparked concerns over ...

The CFPB emerged in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis with the mission of "enforcing federal consumer financial laws and ...

In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2024 applicable to debt collection practices. Like 2023, the theme of 2024 was ...

If you're behind on debt payments, your lender might send you to collections. And while the harassing phone calls and ...

President Donald Trump’s nomination of Jonathan McKernan to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau brought some relief ...

Probes of illegal debt collection practices – canceled. Rules to save people billions of dollars – canceled.” There is no indication how long the freeze will last. “As long as CFPB’s ...

The uncertainty surrounding the CFPB is pushing industry experts to prepare for a shift in debt collection policy. "If the CFPB is dismantled, we'll see a patchwork of regulations emerge," said Levy.