The housing crisis and subsequent financial crisis in 2008 was caused in large part by politicizing loan eligibility criteria, advancing social justice objectives over sound economics. Unfortunately, ...

President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told senators Thursday the agency would continue the mission given to it by Congress, despite Trump administration ...

The CFPB's fate has looked grim since Trump took office last month and Thursday's actions confirmed its disassembly.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau abruptly dropped cases on Thursday against Capital One, Rocket Homes and a student loan servicer, according to court filings.The moves come as Jonathan ...

Federal and state policymakers have several options to expand coverage and take action to help reduce medical debt and its ...

The Trump administration insists the financial watchdog is safe for now, but as in administrations past, it can be made into ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) mission is to protect consumers against “unfair, deceptive, or abusive” practices.

Then in February, a U.S. district court judge here in Texas issued a 90-day hold on the rule, which means credit bureaus now have until June 15 to remove medical debt from credit reports. And there is ...

Once you get your credit report, read it over for errors. You should pay special attention to your demographic details to ...

Medical debt can affect your credit score, but only if you have an unpaid balance of over $500 and the account is sent to ...

Established in the wake of the Great Recession, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a government agency ...

Thousands of complaints submitted by Americans to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau alleging fraud or scams from ...