The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) this week announced it has launched rulemaking to address harmful financial consequences of crimes including domestic violence and elder abuse.

Add a new certainty for 2025: A new director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Whoever the new director is (I’m willing to step in and step up, Mr. President), that person ...

To help consumers, the CFPB launched the Explore Credit Cards tool using open data so people can more easily make apples-to-apples comparisons about their credit card options. The tool provides ...

The CFPB rule would apply to banks with more than $10 billion in deposits. Banking customers could save up to $5 billion per year on overdraft fees under a new rule finalized Thursday by the ...

The new questions are part of a controversial advisory opinion, said James McCarthy, chairman of a financial services tech firm McCarthy Hatch who helped set up the complaint database as a CFPB senior ...

The sweeping rule immediately drew a legal challenge from bank trade groups. The CFPB said in a final rule issued Thursday, that it will reclassify overdraft fees as loans subject to interest rate ...

With holiday shopping in full swing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is warning credit card companies it’s on to their illegal bait-and-switch rewards tactics used on consumers.