Office of Management and Budget Director and acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought has sought to eliminate some 90% of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's staff.

The federal watchdog for consumer financial products has been stripped of its enforcement capabilities, but the data remains ...

Key insight: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a jam-packed rulemaking agenda for the year ahead. Processing Content Supporting data: The latest unified agenda lists 24 rulemakings ...

"CFPB RIP" was Elon Musk's tweet on Feb. 7, when the billionaire was slashing his way through federal agencies at the behest of his then-ally, President Donald Trump. Rohit Chopra, former director of ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is cracking down on so-called paycheck advance programs, which have grown popular with workers in recent years. Such programs, also known as earned wage access ...

President Trump signed a so-called big beautiful bill on July 4 that nearly halves annual funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. CFPB funding would fall to 6.5% of the annual operating ...

One year ago, we pondered whether there was any point for a person to make a complaint to America's financial watchdog. At the time, the situation was particularly bleak at the Consumer ...

As part of ongoing efforts from the Trump administration to streamline regulatory efforts, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing changes to Larger Market Participant thresholds, ...

For those waiting on pins and needles to see how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) under new leadership would implement recent presidential directives related to discrimination and the ...

Congress established the CFPB with the Dodd-Frank Act in 2010, in the wake of the 2008 economic crisis. One of its goals was to strengthen and consolidate consumer protection powers that had been ...

This article was first published on NerdWallet.com. "CFPB RIP" was Elon Musk's tweet on Feb. 7, when the billionaire was slashing his way through federal agencies at the behest of his then-ally, ...