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

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As anticipated, 2025 is already shaping up to be a busy year in consumer financial services, with a federal district court expanding the ...

Illinois state Sen. Mark Walker already was working on legislation to bolster the state's protections for consumers. But now ...

Several employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said in a series of court filings Thursday that the Trump administration plans to “wind down” the agency, appearing to ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday dropped five major legal cases it had underway — including a big lawsuit against Capital One — marking a major reversal for an agency that ...

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday dropped a series of enforcement actions against financial services companies accused of wrongdoing under the prior administration, including a ...

In notices of voluntary dismissals filed on Thursday, the CFPB dropped lawsuits it had brought against Capital One, Rocket Homes, Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, owned by Warren Buffett’s ...

Trump has defended his administration’s broadside against the CFPB — including recent claims about the agency being “set up to destroy people.” But supporters of the agency stress that it provides ...