Debt collection. Credit reporting. Payday loans. Consumer complaints to a federal database used to help reveal issues and ...

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Created from the fallout of the 2008 financial crisis, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has returned over $20 billion ...

Senate banking committee advanced Brian Johnson for CFPB director 13-11, as Democrats questioned Capital One ties and agency ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, ...

Brian Johnson's nomination to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau advanced to the full Senate Thursday morning in a ...

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Inclusion Act of 2026 was introduced in the House on September 4.

The Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee voted 13-11 along strict party lines on September 17 to advance Brian Johnson’s nomination ...

There are now more steps to file a complaint with the CFPB.

When it comes to picking between a multi-billion-dollar company and the customers whose credit scores its wrongly ravaged, President Donald Trump appears to be choosing the company. Russell Vought, ...

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have put forward legislation to restructure an independent consumer protection agency, including how the federal government funds the bureau.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have put forward legislation to restructure an independent consumer protection agency, including how the federal government funds the bureau.