The CFPB is widely seen as a key ally of American consumers, but critics say it costs too much and stifles innovation.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, is a government agency that oversees the consumer finance industry, including banks, lenders and other financial institutions.

In 2017, then-President Donald Trump appointed White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As a Republican member of Congress, Mulvaney had ...

Will the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) recently promulgated open banking rule survive under the new Congress and incoming

Eliminating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Trump's second term appears unlikely. But observers expect the agency to be more restrained.

For the “failure to conduct proper investigations of consumer disputes,” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) last Friday announced enforcement actions taken against Equifax, requiring the nationwide consumer reporting agency to pay a $15 million civil money penalty and bring its business practices into compliance with federal law.

On January 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed a complaint against a nationwide consumer reporting

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on Friday it had fined credit reporting bureau Equifax $15 million for failing to sufficiently investigate consumer disputes of its credit reports.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has imposed a $15 million fine on Equifax, a consumer reporting agency, for failing to adequately investigate cons

The government’s consumer watchdog sued Capital One on Tuesday for “cheating” customers out of billions in interest payments. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) accused the banking

Equifax will pay a $15 million penalty for failing to properly investigate credit report disputes.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a crypto rule just days before Donald Trump takes the White House and can name a new agency head.