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 ...

A group of 191 House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of ...

Democracy Forward filed suit in U.S. District Court for an injunction against Russell Vought’s plan to starve and shutter the agency ...

The most impactful way to make lasting change at the agency is the same way it was created — by congressional action. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) is one of several members of the legislature who has been at ...

A House Financial Services Committee spokesperson said the committee will hold its required semiannual hearing with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director after nominee Jonathan McKernan is ...

What will the CFPB look like under new director Jonathan McKernan? Legal experts weigh in on the federal and state regulatory ...

Former officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Elon Musk’s payment-business aspirations were driving his ...

San Francisco workers for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau protested Elon Musk's plan to axe the agency, as well as ...

President Donald Trump chose a former FDIC board member to lead the CFPB, an indication that he may not want to dismantle the agency.

The CFPB faced a significant restructuring under President Trump's administration, with as many as 70 staff members receiving termination notices. Acting chief Russell Vought ordered a halt to all ...

The terminations have sowed more confusion at the bureau, as several of those being laid off had already accepted federal ...