It's been a challenging year for the consumer watchdog agency, as the Trump administration has tried to deny it funding and ...

A federal judge has rejected a claim by the Trump administration that it is barred from funding a consumer watchdog agency.

A federal judge ordered Russell T. Vought, the bureau’s acting director, to keep requesting funds for the financial ...

Fifteen years ago last month, following the financial crisis, the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law. One of the most significant changes ushered in under Dodd-Frank was the creation of a new federal ...

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President Trump nominated Stuart Levenbach as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday, using a legal maneuver to keep his budget director, Russell Vought, as acting ...

And if the Consumer Financial Protection Agency is put in place, it will stop the practices that created the financial meltdown. We wouldn't have the foreclosure crisis in America if the Federal ...

Trump administration orders consumer protection agency to stop work, closes building The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, ...

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 ...

Critics argue Trump wants to end the agency, not just streamline it. A federal judge wants to hear directly from one of the top officials at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau to learn if the ...

The state office that oversees consumer finance protection has come to an agreement with a cryptocurrency operator that will ...