The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, is a federal agency that helps protect consumers from financial harm. For ...

Wesley Ward, an Illinois State University alum from Bloomington-Normal, worked at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

The FDIC Division of Depositor and Consumer Protection investigates any consumer complaints regarding FDIC-supervised banks.

The CFPB emerged in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis with the mission of "enforcing federal consumer financial laws and ...

Those cases were dismissed “with prejudice,” which means the CFPB forfeited the right to sue over the same claims again in the future ... of CFPB rules also face uncertain futures.

We will continue to monitor this pivotal time for the CFPB as it looks to reshape its future influence in the realm of consumer financial protection.

Cordray's original ability-to-repay underwriting standards were challenged in court by payday lenders and later rescinded in the first Trump administration by former CFPB Director Kathy Kraninger. He ...

He highlights a potential conflict of interest with Elon Musk's X partnering with Visa while the CFPB's future is uncertain. Ohio's Richard Cordray, the first director of the Consumer Financial ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Friday that it will not enforce the payday lending rule that goes into effect on Sunday and plans to narrow the scope of the rule with a future rulemaking ...

As Congress debates reforms to the agency, many student loan borrowers face uncertainty about the future of key protections. If the CFPB is shut down or stripped of its regulatory power ...

You may still be able to submit a CFPB complaint, but given the agency’s uncertain future, you can also look into other options. If you want to submit a different type of complaint in support of ...

If the CFPB is effectively shut down or severely ... Eliminating the department completely requires congressional approval, and its future is uncertain. Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Oversight ...