The bureau’s acting director halted “race-based” activities, forbade pronouns in email signatures and equated noncompliance ...

But with new leadership at the agency’s helm, it might not continue to be the consumer advocate it once was.The CFPB was thrown into chaos earlier this year after leaders reportedly ordered employees ...

"It's sending a strong message that the CFPB is not here for consumers anymore; that under the Trump administration, the CFPB is here to give out pardons for violating the law," Erin Witte, director ...

It's rare for people to switch banks. Checking-account holders in the U.S. have had the same account for 19 years on average, while for savings-account holders it's an average of 17 years, according ...

The Trump administration has shuttered, fired or targeted for resignation individuals, offices and agencies that could serve ...

After the 2008 bank-fueled economic crash, consumers helped establish an independent financial watchdog to protect their ...

The task force terminated vendor contracts at the Department of Housing and Urban Development worth a combined $305 million, according to its wall of receipts.

The U.S. Department of Education said on Tuesday it would lay off nearly half its staff, a possible precursor to closing ...

Fighting junk fees, tackling medical debt and aiding banking deserts are just some of the protections the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) provided for rural communities. In February, the ...

There’s been no change in plans to wind down the agency, a CFPB employee testified.

A coalition of 23 Democratic state attorneys general is urging a federal judge in Washington, D.C. to block the Trump ...

The bureau resolved one crisis and prevented another. Why would the president shut it down?