From credit cards to medical debt: What may happen to some key consumer protection rules under Trump
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the so-called cop on the beat protecting Americans from financial abuse, is now ...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to shutter for a week
The closure of the CFPB, established after the 2008 financial crisis, follows a visit Friday by members of Elon Musk’s U.S.
Confusion Reigns as ‘a Wrecking Ball’ Hits the Consumer Bureau
Since the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued stop-work orders, employees have been trying to ...
Secrecy preceded the shutdown of the consumer protection agency’s Washington headquarters
President Donald Trump’s budget chief has sent an email to consumer protection agency employees telling them to stop working.
Powell says bank accounts ‘safe’ despite teardown of consumer protection agency
The Federal Reserve chair testified before a Senate panel. “We do not need to be in a hurry to adjust” interest rates, he said.
36 Hours After Russell Vought Took Over Consumer Bureau, He Shut Its Operations
The agency had been one of Wall Street’s most feared regulators, with the power to issue rules on mortgages, credit cards, ...
US consumer bureau upheaval leaves consumers adrift, experts say
The Trump administration's rapid dismantling of the U.S. consumer protection watchdog will have broad implications for ...
US Consumer Watchdog Fires Some Probationary Staff, Sources Say
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired some probationary staff on Tuesday, according to a recipient of a ...