The C.F.P.B. had kept a close eye on mortgage lenders. But with the bureau hobbled, consumers should take several steps, ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the independent federal agency created after the 2008 financial crisis, has been muzzled, at least temporarily.

A spokeswoman for the payment app’s parent company said the lawsuit against three large banks was “without merit, and legally ...

Workers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have been on administrative leave since February as part of a reported ...

A judge said she wants to stop the Trump administration from gutting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while she is considering the case.

The Senate request is one of the first signs of scrutiny on Visa after a late January announcement that it had agreed to ...

The landscape of consumer financial services is shifting, driven by a broader deregulatory trend at the federal level. In this environment, ...

Sean joined Newsweek in 2023 and previously worked for The Guardian, The New ... consumer rights. President Donald Trump wants to introduce huge cuts at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

A pair of consumer groups won their bid to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s $5 cap on bank and credit union ...

A rule limiting the amount of overdraft fees that a bank can charge is on the chopping block in Washington, D.C. this week, ...

The rule, originally scheduled to go into effect in October, would have limited the ways large banks can charge for ...