The Trump administration has installed Jeffrey Clark at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Clark, a former ...

The CFP also prosecutes companies that it says fail to protect consumers. In December, it filed a lawsuit against the ...

Although a federal judge issued an order confirming a temporary hold on layoffs at the consumer watchdog agency, its staffers ...

Lawyers representing the acting director of the CFPB reached an agreement during a court conference Friday to temporarily ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau abruptly halted operations following directives from the agency's new acting director Russell Vought under the Trump administration. Major CFPB cases are ...

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from firing employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) amid a larger push to effectively dismantle the agency.

The entrance to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters. Photo: Getty Images The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card ...

One of the most prized agencies on the chopping block is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, heralded by progressives as an indispensable force for helping consumers wronged by financial ...

Musk tweeted, “CFPB RIP,” later suggesting that the CFPB’s $711 million reserve fund should be returned to taxpayers. The tweets followed a November statement to “Delete CFPB,” citing ...

For a long time, Misty Castaneda had terrible credit. Even though she had health insurance, the hair stylist from Colorado owed a hospital around $20,000 for a $200,000 open-heart surgery in 2010 ...

While business groups have long lamented actions taken by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Trump and his allies want ...

Here's some background on the scope of the CFPB's activities and how the agency's tenuous status might affect consumers.