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

Lessons and 2025 Emerging Trends” chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2024 Year in Review.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trump critics are hypocrites who didn't criticize Biden power grabs. They are also ignorant of major constitutional crises ...

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 ...

Past efforts to restructure bank supervision have been derailed by politics and agency turf wars. It remains to be seen whether the Trump administration is willing to spend the political capital ...

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

New car prices could increase $4,000 or more, according to one estimate. And used cars could also rise in price. “It’s a ...

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 ...