On March 13, in a response to a court’s request for additional briefing, the CFPB requested a federal judge to levy $43 million in fines ...

Probationary employees (a class of government workers who are newer to an agency or role) received letters over the weekend ...

Consumer advocates warn that weakening the CFPB leaves Americans vulnerable to financial industry abuses. Created after the ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reinstated all probationary and most term employees it had terminated, after a ...

Goodwin tracked four public enforcement actions related to credit reporting or credit repair services, consistent with the four ...

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 ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was launched in 2011 in response to the 2008 banking crisis, which destabilized millions of Americans. This new U.S. government agency' ...

The CFPB was created in 2010 in response to the financial crisis that triggered the Great Recession. Since Congress established the bureau, it would take an act of Congress to fully dissolve it.

There’s been no change in plans to wind down the agency, a CFPB employee testified.

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

The apparent decision to keep supervision inert could run counter to claims the CFPB has made in court that it remains committed to meeting its legal obligations. The agency has denied in ...

A federal judge said she is inclined to issue a preliminary injunction to stop the Trump administration dismantling the ...