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 ...

Financial technology — or fintech — companies will continue to receive increased regulatory scrutiny in 2025. The latter half of 2024 saw a rise ...

Homebuyers have been protected from predatory lenders, hidden fees, and deceptive loan practices by the Consumer Financial ...

A federal judge in Maryland ruled against the City of Baltimore's attempt to block cuts to Consumer Financial Protection ...

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

A federal judge in Baltimore on Friday rejected the city's effort to temporarily block the Consumer Financial Protection ...

Rohit Chopra warned of consequences for consumers, financial markets and smaller companies if the CFPB is scaled back or ...

The first task for a new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau should be sweeping away the clutter of ...

The customers’ decision to drop the lawsuit and not pursue their claims in arbitration comes as U.S. lawmakers move to do away with a rule that caps such fees.

Financial services companies may feel relief from the aggressive federal oversight and regulation that defined the past decade. However, ...

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

"It's sending a strong message that the CFPB is not here for consumers anymore; that under the Trump administration, the CFPB is here to give out pardons for violating the law," Erin Witte, director ...