Equifax was heavily fined by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for not adequately investigating consumer credit report disputes.

Read full article: White House scales back plan to dismantle the CFPB but still wants to slash staff by two-thirds The Trump administration has scaled back its plans to dismantle the Consumer ...

The federal watchdog for consumer financial products has been stripped of its enforcement capabilities, but the data remains ...

President Donald Trump’s new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acting director Russell Vought has taken a mallet to the agency, according to reports over the weekend. The capper seems to be ...

The billionaire Elon Musk and the California venture capitalist Marc Andreessen have started a debate about the role of government that we should be having — but it might not go the way they would ...

The new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered its employees on Monday to stay out of the office and stop all work. Meanwhile, a union representing federal employees filed two ...

Stalled lawsuits. Halted supervision and oversight. Suspended workforce. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the midst of a complete overhaul that could cripple its ability to act as the ...

NEW YORK — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance ...

Rohit Chopra, head of the top watchdog agency for consumer finance, submitted his resignation early Saturday after President Donald Trump fired him overnight, according to a resignation letter he ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elon Musk's stance on the agency was summed up in a pithy tweet: "Delete CFPB." (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call / Getty Images) The ...