Alternative options if you're the victim of unfair and abusive practices as the consumer watchdog 'winds down.' ...

The beneficiaries of a weakened CFPB are clear: big banks, payday lenders, debt collectors, and financial institutions that ...

This authority ought to be preserved. The CFPB’s short history tells a broader story about government bureaucracy that officials at the Department of Government Efficiency ought to keep in mind ...

Ever since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened in 2011 with a mandate to regulate financial institutions, its detractors have tried to eliminate it. They have questioned its ...

The Trump administration's decision to put the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on ice has left a $100 million pot of money intended for borrowers allegedly harmed by the student loan ...

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 ...

Consumers will have to be their own advocates while the fate of the CFPB remains in limbo. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, was created in 2011 in response to the 2008 financial ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: March 9 The Washington Post says Americans need the CFPB Ever since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened in 2011 with a ...

unprecedented in American history, to unliterally eliminate an agency that Congress established and that the Supreme Court upheld last year," the union said. The union has asked for a temporary ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... Founded in 2010 by Senator Elizabeth Warren, the ...

The CFPB has extended the comment period for its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on data brokers until April 2, 2025; the comment period had been ...

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