The Federal Government founded CFPB in 2011 in response to the financial crisis that preceded the Great Recession, with the objective to offer consumers financial protections from fraud and scams.

The new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ended an effort to change the name of the consumer watchdog agency, telling employees that the change would be too costly to finish.

Last week, several CFPB employees — some anonymous but who offered to provide their identities to the judge under seal — submitted sworn statements that the Trump administration is trying to ...

Mick Mulvaney says the law is clear: It's the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. ... The new CFPB seal, which was announced in late March.

The CFPB Could Be a Force for Good. Its ... Well-designed consumer-credit regulation and vigorous enforcement of consumer-protection laws make markets more transparent and give consumers ...