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 ...

This past week the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) stopped operations and halted funding to the agency. Born out of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer ...

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 ...

Here’s what the agency has been doing for U.S. consumers since it was created in 2011—and what could change if the current administration continues to scale back its budget, staff, and mission By ...

The Trump administration has set its sights on yet another government agency — this time, one that protects Americans from financial abuse. In an email sent Saturday night, newly appointed acting ...

While the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in flux as the Trump administration attempts to dismantle the agency, experts say they expect oversight of financial institutions to continue, ...

A coalition of 21 attorneys general from Democratic-led states sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its director, Russell Vought, on Monday, asserting that the White House's argument to ...

Errors on credit reports. Unexpected bank and other “junk” fees. New financial products that conceal their true costs and terms. For help with those problems, millions of consumers in the U.S. have ...