For more information about how the CFPB works and why it matters to everyday consumers’ financial lives, check out this video interview with Richard Cordray, former director of the CFPB and ...

After becoming law in 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act) aimed to improve accountability and transparency within the American financial system.

These are the people who will suffer most if Congress passes financial reform legislation that would create a massive, new federal government agency—the Consumer Financial Protection Agency ...

The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down the agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 ...

CFPB advocates claim that the agency is vital for protecting consumers against “vulture capitalism. ... [REF] In his address, Kennedy asserted four foundational consumer rights: the right to ...

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand is calling for action to fight against fraud on seniors as she says DOGE is cutting the federal ...

Consumer watchdog agency called ‘vicious’ by Trump seen as a ‘hero’ to many it aided The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the crosshairs of a White House that has halted its work ...

Advocates for consumer rights have warned that the loss of the fraud-fighting agency’s supervision could hurt Americans. In recent years, the CFPB has issued rules on medical debt, bank fees and ...

A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule interpretation issued Wednesday gives buy -now, pay-later customers protections similar to credit card users under consumer law.

The first was created by Congress in 1935 to protect workers' organizing and bargaining rights, the second in 2010 to protect consumers from ripoffs by financial service firms.

The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down the agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 ...