Alternative options if you're the victim of unfair and abusive practices as the consumer watchdog 'winds down.' ...

President Trump and Elon Musk probably would not have put Rohit Chopra and his CFPB on their hit list had he run it with ...

The Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) structure and authority has become a central mystery in the barrage of ...

Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who helped develop the structure of the agency after the 2008 financial crisis. The emails show that top CFPB staffers viewed the takedown of the agency’s homepage as ...

Or, more recently, the Supreme Court took up a case that challenged the constitutionality of the CFPB’s funding structure, given that the CFPB is funded through the Federal Reserve rather than ...

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.

Fortunately, the CFPB’s unaccountable structure is also its Achilles’ heel. In 2020, the Supreme Court ruled that the provision saying the president can’t fire the CFPB director is ...

but they also deserve a regulatory structure that rewards innovation and brings financial products to market that they can choose between. The CFPB is due for defanging. Yaël Ossowski is deputy ...

A 2024 Supreme Court ruling upheld the constitutionality of the bureau's funding structure. Even if the CFPB can't be legally eliminated, hampering the bureau's work could still have an impact on ...

One area that has been discussed as an avenue for such change is addressing its unique funding structure. The CFPB is essentially double insulated from congressional budget oversight and operates ...

Ted Cruz introduced a bill to abolish the CFPB. One of the biggest challenges to the agency came in a series of lawsuits opposing its statutory authority and funding structure that ultimately ...