Congress can’t allow the White House to eliminate an agency that’s helped millions of Americans, with billions of dollars ...

Errors on credit reports. Unexpected bank and other “junk” fees. New financial products that conceal their true costs and terms. For help with those problems, millions of consumers in the U.S. have ...

Restoring full funding and removing Vought would allow the bureau to do the job Congress assigned it.

Demonstrators protest against President Donald Trump and DOGE's plan to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in front of the agency's headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 10, 2025.

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The lights are on at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau across the street from the White House, and employees still get paid. But in practice, the bureau has been mostly inoperable for nearly ...

Natalie Campisi is a senior journalist who covers personal finance, balancing timely news with in-depth enterprise reporting. Her mission is to make complex financial issues clear and accessible for ...

Russell Vought’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is putting the public at risk in areas ranging from auto loans and digital payments to credit cards and credit reports. Two ...

In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the July 2025 webinar. Bite 18: CFPB Drops Settlement with Credit Union On July 2, 2025, media outlets reported that the CFPB ...

Here’s what the agency has been doing for U.S. consumers since it was created in 2011—and what could change if the current administration continues to scale back its budget, staff, and mission By ...