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

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

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 ...

Your best course of action remains the same, whether the CFPB returns or not. Establish a strong credit history by treating all of your accounts responsibly. This way, you’ll not only keep the ...

CFPB staffers have stopped signing off on redress plans from ... He applied for the store's credit card and was denied — an outcome that surprised him, given his solid credit history and his ability ...

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 ...

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 ...

Controversy Over the U.S. Crypto Reserve Plan Trump’s recently announced plan to create a U.S. crypto reserve has caused 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 ...

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 ...