An appeals court will decide if further cuts can be made to the CFPB, a key agency tasked with protecting consumers ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The lights are on at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau across the street from the White House, and employees still get paid. But in practice, the bureau has been mostly ...

Errors on credit reports. Unexpected bank and other “junk” fees. New financial products that conceal their true costs and terms. For help with those problems, millions of consumers in the U.S. have ...

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

Aggregate U.S. consumer spending still looks healthy, but that strength is increasingly misleading. Beneath the surface, a ...

Killing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is an ill-advised move. — -- Just beyond the Trump swelter of the hour, lawmakers have been busy concocting plans to dismantle key achievements of ...

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the September 2025 webinar. Bite 16: CFPB Publishes "Making Ends Meet" Survey Data On August 20, 2025, the CFPB published ...

As federal oversight wanes, SB 825 will fortify California’s defenses against unfair financial practices, safeguarding state consumers’ rights. Xavier Mascareñas Sacramento Bee file When Isaac Newton ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The lights are on at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau across the street from the White House, and employees still get paid. But, in practice, the bureau has been mostly ...

Here’s what the agency has been doing for U.S. consumers since it was created in 2011—and what could change if the current administration continues to scale back its budget, staff, and mission By ...