Nothing lasts forever, sometimes not even two months. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has officially dropped ...

The bureau resolved one crisis and prevented another. Why would the president shut it down?

Homebuyers have been protected from predatory lenders, hidden fees, and deceptive loan practices by the Consumer Financial ...

Plaintiffs' lawyers and state attorneys general are also going after some of the same alleged misconduct as the CFPB, I found in reviewing the agency’s docket, opens new tab. Sign up here.

Fraud protection requirements – The CFPB was developing solutions to combat $10 billion in annual fraud losses and require banks and payment apps to reimburse victims. This work appears to be ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced the rule in December, estimating it would save consumers $5 billion a year and give them more transparent ... “The CFPB’s overdraft fee ...

During a lengthy court hearing on Monday, CFPB's Chief Operating Officer Adam Martinez gave a full sworn account of the chaos and confusion that has consumed the federal agency that was set up to ...

The testimony from Adam Martinez, the CFPB’s chief operating officer, was the first time that a government witness has taken the witness stand in one of the dozens of legal challenges to ...

On one side is the 2010 creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by Congress and the president, after an extensive, transparent process. This helped resolve a national crisis at the ...