The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a government agency tasked with financial regulation and oversight. Read more about this agency inside.

Here’s what the agency has been doing for U.S. consumers since it was created in 2011—and what could change if the current administration continues to scale back its budget, staff, and mission By ...

Concern is mounting as a federal agency dedicated to protecting consumers remains shut down. The abrupt week-long closure comes after the acting director appointed by President Donald Trump ordered ...

President Trump's nomination of Stuart Levenbach to lead the CFPB represents a necessary reset from the agency's decade-long ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Financial ...

Layoffs at the CFPB are on hold, for now. Advocates say a mini agency at the state level could help protect consumers, but it might not be enough. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is among the ...

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita on Tuesday released the state’s new Consumer Data Protection Bill of Rights, saying the ...

NEW YORK — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance ...