The remnants of a federal consumer protection watchdog has asked the court to vacate its own regulation barring medical debt from credit scores. In a joint motion, the Consumer Financial Protection ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was one of the early targets of the Trump administration's attempts to dramatically reduce government spending. The bureau's work was first suspended in early ...

New York urgently needs new legislation to “muscle up” its laws that protect consumers. Following the 2008 financial crisis which led to the Great Recession, Congress created the U.S. Consumer ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) stands as a vital advocate for consumers navigating the complex financial marketplace. It was created in 2010 after the 2008 financial crisis and the ...

In the same way people don’t think about their plumbing until a deathly stench rises from their shower drain, most of us have gotten used to the safeguards afforded by the federal Consumer Financial ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Navy Federal Credit Union will no longer have to refund $80 million to servicemen and women for illegally charging them overdraft fees on their accounts, after the Consumer Financial ...

If you’ve ever felt scammed by a mortgage company, auto lender, credit reporting agency or other financial institution, you might have turned to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for help. In ...