The CFPB is widely seen as a key ally of American consumers, but critics say it costs too much and stifles innovation.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, is a government agency that oversees the consumer finance industry, including banks, lenders and other financial institutions.

As the Biden Administration came to a close, the CFPB released a compendium of guidance documents issued by the bureau between October 2021

Eliminating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Trump's second term appears unlikely. But observers expect the agency to be more restrained.

In 2017, then-President Donald Trump appointed White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As a Republican member of Congress, Mulvaney had ...

Will the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) recently promulgated open banking rule survive under the new Congress and incoming

The government’s consumer watchdog sued Capital One on Tuesday for “cheating” customers out of billions in interest payments. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) accused the banking

The hedge fund manager and Trump advisor also lent support to the idea of reconsidering deposit insurance limits for some kinds of accounts, such as those used for payrolls.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau resolved five outstanding cases for a total of nearly $206.6 million and filed a lawsuit during the final week of Joe Biden’s administration, even as Republicans promised to reign in the agency once President ...

Millions of people use Cash App to send or receive money every day, but the popular peer-to-peer payment service is now preparing to pay millions of dollars of its own to

Capital One Financial reported a 60% rise in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, as a higher income from interests helped the consumer lender. Consumer spending has remained strong on hopes of a soft landing for the economy and falling interest rates,