Errors on credit reports. Unexpected bank and other “junk” fees. New financial products that conceal their true costs and terms. For help with those problems, millions of consumers in the U.S. have ...

Established in the wake of the Great Recession, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a government agency intended to do exactly what its name states: protect consumers financially by ...

Concern is mounting as a federal agency dedicated to protecting consumers remains shut down. The abrupt week-long closure comes after the acting director appointed by President Donald Trump ordered ...

The acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered staffers at the agency to stop all work after it saw multiple changes throughout the week. "Effective immediately, unless ...

In the waning months of the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, released a flurry of new consumer protection rules, targeting everything from bank overdraft fees ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the so-called cop on the beat protecting Americans from financial abuse, is now under strict orders to do nothing. “Please do not perform any work tasks,” ...

Office of Management and Budget Director and acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought has sought to eliminate some 90% of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's staff.

Here’s what the agency has been doing for U.S. consumers since it was created in 2011—and what could change if the current administration continues to scale back its budget, staff, and mission By ...