The CFPB is widely seen as a key ally of American consumers, but critics say it costs too much and stifles innovation.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, is a government agency that oversees the consumer finance industry, including banks, lenders and other financial institutions.

As the Biden Administration came to a close, the CFPB released a compendium of guidance documents issued by the bureau between October 2021

Will the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) recently promulgated open banking rule survive under the new Congress and incoming

In 2017, then-President Donald Trump appointed White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. As a Republican member of Congress, Mulvaney had ...

The government’s consumer watchdog sued Capital One on Tuesday for “cheating” customers out of billions in interest payments. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) accused the banking

Capital One is defending itself from the CFPB's claims that it cheated customers out of billions of dollars in interest payments.

Cash App's parent company Block has been ordered to pay $175 million to users and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's victim relief fund.

Capital One Financial reported a 60% rise in fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday, as a higher income from interests helped the consumer lender.

Zelle is a major embarrassment to the big bank community. If you don’t know, it’s an app used to send money to a person or institution at no charge. The lawsuit argues that Zelle has cost Americans $870 million in lost money due to theft. But the banks are adamant when they say that number is overblown.

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell said she plans to ask the state Legislature for additional funding this budget season in anticipation of legal battles with President Donald Trump’s incoming administration.