The agency was created after the 2008 financial meltdown, as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. That law was passed in the wake of the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis ...

The Supreme Court may decide as soon as Friday whether to tackle a new case that could further constrain the power of US regulators to delve into American businesses and individual lives. In recent ...

President Donald Trump’s new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Russell Vought has taken a mallet to the agency, according to reports over the weekend. The capper seems to be ...

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Established in the wake of the Great Recession, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a government agency intended to do exactly what its name states: protect consumers financially by ...

The ruling targets a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have removed medical debt from 15 million credit reports. Lesley Stahl reports on President Trump’s efforts to halt the work ...

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Republicans have long wanted to kill the CFPB. With Musk and Russell Vought, they may finally have their chance. Elon Musk is very excited to speak during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena on ...

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