Here's some background on the scope of the CFPB's activities and how the agency's tenuous status might affect consumers.

The Trump administration's got its eyes on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. What's at stake for Americans? Experts ...

President Trump and other critics of the agency say it needs to be shut down. Supporters of the agency point to its record of protecting consumers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest ... bank overdraft fees and removing medical debt from credit reports. The bureau sued financial services companies for misleading consumers ...

NEW YORK — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hurts consumers by slapping unnecessary fines and regulations on lenders, making it harder for them to lend and driving vulnerable Americans into financial ...

Just since the New Year, Channel 2 Action News has reported on CFPB actions including a $40 million judgment against bankrupt Georgia-based car dealer US Auto Sales, an up to $120 million fund to pay ...

The consumer protection bureau has faced opposition from ... up for the lost revenue,” said Matt Schulz, chief credit analyst at financial products comparison site LendingTree.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance industry, is the ...