Willie Sutton famously said he robbed banks “because that’s where the money was.” The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken the opposite approach: it goes where the money was taken—and ...

Changes regarding the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), including both the agency's leadership and its policy priorities, have been rapidly announced by the Trump ...

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation entered into a $2.3 million settlement with a mortgage lender and servicer over claims that the company charged excessive interest on ...

Stalled lawsuits. Halted supervision and oversight. Suspended workforce. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the midst of a complete overhaul that could cripple its ability to act as the ...

In a blow to airline consumer rights, the U.S. Department of Transportation is proposing new policies that would significantly weaken the ability of the agency to enforce federal consumer protections.

It's been a tumultuous few days at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the country's consumer finance watchdog, with work grinding to a halt. Hear the latest on what's happened at the bureau.

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 ...

LANSING — The Michigan Senate voted Thursday to strengthen the state's consumer protection law so companies would no longer be shielded from lawsuits simply because they are subject to government ...