President Trump and other critics of the agency say it needs to be shut down. Supporters of the agency point to its record of protecting consumers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the so-called cop on the beat protecting Americans from financial abuse, is now under strict orders to do nothing.

In the wake of recent federal directives diminishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), state authorities are increasingly stepping ...

A group of 191 House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of ...

Probationary employees have less civil service protection because they’ve been on the job for less than a year. The bureau, ...

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was defanged over the weekend with all activities suspended, its upcoming ...

Languages: English. The Trump administration has ordered a shutdown of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), directing the agency to halt investigations, suspend rule implementations ...

The CFPB was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect ...