The Trump administration has ordered work stoppages and layoffs and has tried cutting off funding to effectively dismantle ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal judge has rejected a claim by President Donald Trump's administration that it is legally barred from securing funding ...

Within two months of Donald Trump returning to the White House, the president and his team had radically altered the direction of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Instead of allowing the CFPB ...

CFPB ensures financial markets fairness, focusing on rule enforcement and consumer education. Established post-2008 crisis, CFPB centralizes oversight of banking/lending practices. Investors benefit ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been quiet since the early days of the second Trump presidency, when the administration stopped work at the agency and told staffers to stay home. But ...

The consumer watchdog will run out of funding early next year if the Federal Reserve does not grant the money for its operations. New York Attorney General Letitia James and several other state ...

Russell Vought’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is putting the public at risk in areas ranging from auto loans and digital payments to credit cards and credit reports. Two ...

A federal judge ordered Russell T. Vought, the bureau’s acting director, to keep requesting funds for the financial watchdog’s operations.

The Trump administration had tried to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which acts as a guardrail for the safety of the financial system. By Emmett Lindner A federal judge on Tuesday ...

Banks and other lenders can consider a potential borrower’s immigration status when reviewing a loan application, the ...

A federal judge has rejected a claim by the Trump administration that it is barred from funding a consumer watchdog agency.