The CFPB—tasked to protect consumers from unfair banking practices—was created by Democrats in the wake of the 2008 financial ...

Created at the behest of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has the ostensible goal of protecting people from bad actors and practices in the financial ...

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on Friday it had fined credit reporting bureau Equifax $15 million ...

Two new reports from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau show renter households continue to face financial challenges. The reports analyzed national rental payment data from September 2021 ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has imposed a $15 million fine on Equifax, a consumer reporting agency, for failing to adequately investigate cons ...

Photo: Christian Monterrosa/AFP/Getty Images We’re told Rohit Chopra is trying to persuade the Trump team to retain him as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Elizabeth Warren ...

Equifax will pay a $15 million penalty for failing to properly investigate credit report disputes.

The bureau—which one industry insider ... its reach into the day-to-day operations of financial institutions. The focus of consumer protection must shift to where it matters most: addressing ...

In this week's banking news roundup: Christopher Mufarrige is named acting director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection; TD Bank promotes Andrew Stewart, Nadir Johnes and Jo Jagadish; PayPal's ...

On January 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed a complaint against a nationwide consumer reporting agency (“Agency”) under the Fair Credit Reporting Act ...

Experian, one of the nation’s largest credit bureaus, was sued Tuesday by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for allegedly ... various violations of consumer protection laws.

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on Friday it had fined credit reporting bureau Equifax $15 million for failing to sufficiently investigate consumer disputes of its credit ...