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

It seems like a dumb idea to shut down the US’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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

President Trump supercharged his overhaul of government agencies this week that included a fresh round of a widespread ...

The first director of CFPB told BI that Musk's calls to dismantle the bureau are "totally unethical." The first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned against eliminating the ...

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 Finance Protection Bureau stopped performing its oversight ... Bessent, who also serves as treasury secretary, ...

Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget who also became the acting director of the CFPB on Friday, issued a notice to staff on Saturday demanding they “cease all supervision and ...

That makes for a more competitive landscape. However, he does think it is possible that the CFPB could have a reduced role, and Gerety said it wouldn’t surprise him if the bureau's complaint ...

The CFPB protects consumers by analyzing the practices of large financial institutions like banks, lenders, credit unions, and debt collectors to ensure they are not improperly targeting consumers.

Russell Vought, the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is halting the flow of new funding to the agency and shutting down its headquarters, the latest threat to the CFPB’s ...