The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a federal agency in Washington that ensures fair treatment for financial consumers. It enforces federal consumer financial laws, supervises financial ...

Fifteen years ago last month, following the financial crisis, the Dodd-Frank Act was signed into law. One of the most significant changes ushered in under Dodd-Frank was the creation of a new federal ...

More than a year after Lehman Brothers' collapse set off a financial panic, Senate negotiators appear close to resolving a narrow dispute that was holding up broad legislation to set new rules for ...

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The Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA), as proposed by the Obama administration, is intended to be an independent agency with sole rule-making and enforcement authority for all federal ...

Judge rules in favor of laid-off employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Attorneys general from 21 states file suit to force Trump White House to restore funding The agency has ...

Republicans have introduced legislation that would give Congress more control over the financial consumer protection watchdog agency that has long faced opposition from Wall Street and conservatives, ...

The California Business and Consumer Services Agency (BCSA), which officially launched July 1, will be led by former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra. According to a blog ...