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

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

Courts might stop the Trump administration from completely eliminating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but many of ...

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, the so-called cop on the beat protecting Americans from financial abuse, is now ...

President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.

This case, which challenges the CFPB’s Final Rule on the prohibition of medical debt information in consumer reports, has been temporarily halted as the Bureau undergoes significant leadership ...

Along with the halted rules to cap overdraft fees and remove medical debt from credit reports, the CFPB also recently took action against a mortgage lender over accusations of discriminatory ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, ...

President Trump and other critics of the agency say it needs to be shut down. Supporters of the agency point to its record of protecting consumers.

It's the main U.S. agency tasked with overseeing the financial products and services used by everyday Americans. The CFPB's ...

Consumer advocates have pointed out that the medical debt rule, like the rule capping credit card fees, is vulnerable to being overturned by Congress. Under the Biden administration, the CFPB had ...