As government consumer protection agencies reduce their oversight and enforcement activities, Americans are increasingly left to defend their own financial interests. This shift in the regulatory ...

The bill’s path forward is doubtful given that it would need to earn at least some Republican support in the House and Senate ...

Ashley Taylor, Clayton Friedman and Michael Yaghi of Troutman Pepper Locke LLP discuss stepped up enforcement efforts among ...

Rather than deleting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now is the time for the president and Congress to reform and ...

The case against a Chicago mortgage lender has become a Rorschach test for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ...

With consumer protection agencies scaling back, consumers can take steps to protect their financial well-being.

The top official overseeing fair lending at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was placed on administrative leave, ...

The agency uploaded a daily average of 7,853 consumer complaints over the 10 days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Feb. 3 ordered the bureau's staff to stop much of its work.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the independent federal agency created after the 2008 financial crisis, has been muzzled, at least temporarily.

-- Consumer groups are bracing for a more pro-industry approach to safety, fearful that strides made in the name of product safety will be rolled back, as Republicans take the helm of the nation ...

For those who are vehemently in favor of a consumer financial protection agency, the main criticism is that the new agency will not be a stand-alone organization. Instead, it will be a bureau ...