Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Host of the Retire Sooner podcast and CFP™ practitioner. The Federal Reserve releases its Survey of Consumer Finances every three ...

The removal of the CFPB as a viable regulator has thrown the doors open to the kind of unscrupulous behavior that triggered the last major financial crisis, writes Kathleen Engel, of Suffolk ...

Under the Congressional Review Act, senators can file what are known as Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to overturn recently ...

Protesters rally outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on February 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. Senior Correspondent For a long time, Misty Castaneda had terrible credit. Even though ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Fintech lawyer covering consumer finance, innovation and compliance. For years the center of gravity in consumer finance ...

Staff and contractors at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have been told they cannot "perform any work tasks," according to an internal email obtained by NPR on Monday. The new directive from ...

Billionaire Elon Musk, tasked with slashing government costs by President-elect Donald Trump, on Wednesday called for the elimination of a federal regulatory agency charged with protecting consumers ...

WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. federal consumer ⁠finance ⁠watchdog agency on Tuesday formally ⁠ended certain civil-rights-era antidiscrimination requirements for the lending industry, ...

Indian American consumer advocate’s appointment cast as a counterweight to Trump administration’s moves to weaken federal consumer protections.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest government agency potentially on President Donald Trump’s chopping block. Not only did Trump fire Rohit Chopra, who headed the independent agency ...

Much praised by supporters and equally criticized by detractors, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced it has finalized a rule creating a watch list of nonbank financial companies ...