We expect continued scrutiny by regulators on fees, including enforcement actions and rulemakings, with the caveat that the new administration ...

The first task for a new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be sweeping away the clutter of ...

The customers’ decision to drop the lawsuit and not pursue their claims in arbitration comes as U.S. lawmakers move to do away with a rule that caps such fees.

Reducing debt is Americans’ top financial priority for 2025. That's according to the CFP Board of Standard’s Debt and New ...

Legislation to Overturn Medical Debt Rule: U.S. Senator Mike Rounds and Representative Ralph Norman introduced resolutions to ...

A relentless wave of unpredictability is making Legal’s goal of horizon scanning and mitigating risk increasingly difficult.

"It's sending a strong message that the CFPB is not here for consumers anymore; that under the Trump administration, the CFPB is here to give out pardons for violating the law," Erin Witte, director ...

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' ...

Republican lawmakers are moving to eliminate a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule barring medical debt from ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule means that millions of Americans with unpaid medical bills will not face ...

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 ...

The fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new rules to exclude medical debt from credit reports is uncertain, impacting millions.