You may be wondering what a judge's decision to vacate a rule about medical debt and credit reports means for your money.

Financial protections available to consumers will increasingly depend on where they live after President Donald Trump all but ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance industry, is ...

A federal judge struck down the rule, which would have erased medical bills from credit reports and prevented lenders from using medical history to deny loans. This decision does not ... judge said ...

The Trump administration moved to eliminate nearly 90% of staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Legal challenges have prevented the Trump administration from shutting down the agency.

Once a powerful watchdog for financial wrongdoing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has seen its enforcement efforts grind to a halt under the Trump administration.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), created after the Financial Crisis, tries to ensure financial institutions don’t rip off ordinary people. Since its inception, it has returned ...

Regulatory Consumer Financial Protection Bureau asks court to toss its rule barring medical debt from credit reports By Dave Muoio May 5, 2025 11:27am ...

Supporters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rally after acting CFPB Director Russell Vought told all of the agency's staff to stay away from the office and do no work, outside the CFPB ...

The bureau is required by law to maintain a database of the consumer complaints and receives an estimated 25,000 complaints each week. In 2023, the CFPB received more than 1.6 million consumer ...