Created by Congress in 1914, the agency has traditionally been governed by five commissioners — three members of the ...

NEW YORK — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance ...

Layoffs at the CFPB are on hold, for now. Advocates say a mini agency at the state level could help protect consumers, but it might not be enough. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is among the ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was one of the early targets of the Trump administration's attempts to dramatically reduce government spending. The bureau's work was first suspended in early ...

Elon Musk recently posted that he’d like to “delete” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. If you haven’t heard of the CFPB, but you’re a consumer who spends money in America, it’s worth knowing a ...

An overhaul of the UK consumer law landscape is on the horizon, with the consumer law provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 set to take effect on 6 April 2025. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Financial ...

The Trump administration moved to eliminate nearly 90% of staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Legal challenges have prevented the Trump administration from shutting down the agency.