A federal judge denied a request from the city of Baltimore to put a temporary stop on the Trump administration’s efforts to ...

A Biden-appointed judge was wary of overstepping his authority to block what he said was not a “final agency action” by the ...

A federal judge on Friday declined to temporarily block the Trump administration’s bid to strip the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) of its reserve funds, after the city of Baltimore ...

In 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cited Citibank for discriminating against Armenian Americans. The recent ...

With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau frozen, consumers will have to rely on their state AGs and regulators when they have complaints.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, has returned more than $21 billion to customers since its founding more ...

Ever since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened in 2011 with a mandate to regulate financial institutions, its detractors have tried to eliminate it. They have questioned its ...

After the 2008 bank-fueled economic crash, consumers helped establish an independent financial watchdog to protect their ...

The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken major steps to help people with medical debt in its nearly 14-year history. It issued rules barring medical debt from Americans’ credit ...

The bureau resolved one crisis and prevented another. Why would the president shut it down?

On February 28, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”) filed a letter with the U.S. District ...

Alternative options if you're the victim of unfair and abusive practices as the consumer watchdog 'winds down.' ...