President Trump and other critics of the agency say it needs to be shut down. Supporters of the agency point to its record of ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is taking steps to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The move could ...

A diminishment of the bureau’s effectiveness would have real – and lasting — consequences on the ability of Fed officials to adjust rates to tame inflation or preserve the labor market. The longer it ...

The job of policing financial firms for compliance with consumer protection laws has functionally disappeared, ...

The new boss at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau had a jarring message for staffers Monday morning, in an internal ...

Trump’s DOGE, an advisory body led by Musk, has zeroed in on some agencies as part of its efforts to slash the size of ...

The agency had been one of Wall Street’s most feared regulators, with the power to issue rules on mortgages, credit cards, ...

Most financial experts agree that the best time to start using a credit card is 18, as long as one is equipped with the financial education to tackle the responsibility of taking on debt. The ...

A bill to limit the interest rate on credit cards has been introduced in Congress. The banking industry says capping rates ...

Where are Americans least likely to use a bank? Spokeo analyzed data from the FDIC to illustrate where banking is falling ...