The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, was created in 2011 in response to the 2008 financial crisis as a way to protect consumers from unfair financial practices. Without ...

A member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency allegedly kept CFPB staffers working for 36 hours straight to ...

On April 16, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s chief legal officer issued a memorandum to CFPB staff ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may not proceed with agencywide job cuts, while a D.C. federal court weighs whether ...

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Under the Trump administration, deposit-account oversight will increase again to 70% of the CFPB's focus, Bloomberg reports.

Republicans on the House Financial Services Financial Institutions Subcommittee have sent Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought a letter calling for ...

Rohit Chopra, Trump’s fired Wall Street watchdog, on the future of financial regulation.

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Getting a personal loan when you have bad credit or no credit history can be tough. However, some lenders can still work with you, helping you borrow money for emergency expenses including medical ...

This is likely not the last say on the future of the CFPB, as the Trump administration plans to file an appeal and the court case moves forward. The government's banking watchdog is set to get ...

That's because a 12-month moratorium on reporting loan defaults to credit bureaus − a Biden-era "on-ramp" to protect borrowers − quietly closed on Jan 1. Borrowers, caught in the confusion of ...