The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle ...

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 ...

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

An appeals court will decide if further cuts can be made to the CFPB, a key agency tasked with protecting consumers ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration is legally required to secure funding for the U.S. Consumer Financial ...

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 ...

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, ...

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reduce their oversight and enforcement activities, Americans are increasingly left to defend their own financial interests. This shift in the regulatory landscape has created new challenges for ...

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 ...