Congress should not have created the CFPB. Multiple federal agencies already existed to enforce consumer protection laws. The ...

Texas judge rules CFPB lacked authority to bar medical debt from credit files Decision preserves lenders’ ability to consider ...

The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact ...

Finance companies can continue to make lending decisions based on information about medical bills contained in consumer credit reports, a judge rules.

Democrats and consumer advocates argued that consumer protection authority should be consolidated in the new bureau and that it needed independence to prevent financial industry lobbyists from ...

At a time when some in Congress are trying to reduce the power of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a coalition of consumer groups is trying to expand the agency's authority ...

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