The cost-cutting strategy of the group, led by billionaire Elon Musk, has played out at more than 30 agencies so far.

Late last year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reached a settlement with a small mortgage lender based in Chicago, ...

In August 2019, Townstone responded to the allegations in a 165-page court filing that included a survey of Black respondents by a consumer testing firm of the segments that CFPB investigators ...

The agency told the Manhattan federal court that by filing the statement of interest, CFPB had pushed a “significant new interpretation” of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act—or EFTA ...

On Feb. 7, DOGE aides set up shop at CFPB headquarters and reportedly accessed sensitive financial and personnel information housed in agency systems. Later that day, Musk posted “CFPB RIP” on his X ...

Nullifying the overdraft rule means that the CFPB cannot undertake a substantially similar rulemaking, which likely means that the bureau can't pursue any kind of overdraft rule. "To do the right ...

LANSING, Mich. — A former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) director joined Michigan lawmakers in Lansing Monday, highlighting what they say is the impact to state residents amid the ...

More than 200 Democratic lawmakers signed a legal brief supporting the union representing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employees in their legal pursuit to end the Trump administration's ...

All of those breakthroughs, of course, happened before Donald Trump took office and appointed his right-wing budget director, Russell Vought, to oversee the CFPB. As The New York Times reported ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, helps oversee student loan protections for borrowers. The federal agency is under threat, and its future is uncertain. If the CFPB goes away ...

In an unusual move, the consumer watchdog is seeking to reverse its stance on a case against Townstone Financial, which was filed under previous leadership. Since President Trump’s return to office in ...