More than a year after Lehman Brothers' collapse set off a financial panic, Senate negotiators appear close to resolving a narrow dispute that was holding up broad legislation to set new rules for ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA), as proposed by the Obama administration, is intended to be an independent agency with sole rule-making and enforcement authority for all federal ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — President Trump nominated Stuart Levenbach as the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday, using a legal maneuver to keep his budget director Russell ...

The Trump Administration is closing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the "next two or three months," said White House budget chief Russell Vought on a recent episode of "The Charlie Kirk ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “Bureau”) recently announced two new interpretive rules that, if implemented, will significantly reduce regulatory burdens on many consumer reporting ...

Noam Scheiber has found out that several lobbying efforts are gearing up to do a “Harry and Louise”-style ad campaign against the Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Since I’m currently running a ...

A federal court hearing on a lawsuit over who is rightfully the acting director of the nation's top financial watchdog agency has concluded without any ruling. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly held a ...

Republicans have introduced legislation that would give Congress more control over the financial consumer protection watchdog agency that has long faced opposition from Wall Street and conservatives, ...