Complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have skyrocketed in the first half of 2025, due in part to an increase ...

At least one political appointee at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is raising concerns about fees JPMorgan Chase & ...

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 ...

Before the CFPB, federal consumer protection laws were enforced by a variety of federal regulators — an “unusual patchwork system” that proved not only inefficient but ineffective, says ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has seen its enforcement efforts grind to a halt under the Trump administration.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is planning to fire the “vast majority” of employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), agency employees — some using ...

People attend a protest in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, at the CFPB in Washington. Credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin By The Associated Press Updated ...

By Derek Kravitz. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau—the small federal agency with a big mission to help consumers navigate the financial marketplace—could effectively be shutting down ...

On Saturday, February 1, Rohit Chopra was dismissed as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), with Secretary Scott Bessent appointed as Acting Director that same day.

Given the freeze at the agency on enforcement and lawsuits, Osborn doesn’t expect resolution of the issue anytime soon. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters in Washington ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is among the many federal agencies whose future is unclear. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to shut it down ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued guidance on the eve of the transition to a new administration that serves as a roadmap for state governments—especially attorneys general ...