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, ...

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

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

For the “failure to conduct proper investigations of consumer disputes,” the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) last ...

On January 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed a complaint against a nationwide consumer reporting ...

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

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

The government’s consumer watchdog sued Capital One on Tuesday for “cheating” customers out of billions in interest payments.

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

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday ordered payments firm Block to pay a penalty, citing fraud and weak ...