WASHINGTON, DC — NEW LEGISLATION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO RESTORE VITAL FUNDING TO THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, ranking member of the U.S. Senate Aging ...

CFPB ensures financial markets fairness, focusing on rule enforcement and consumer education. Established post-2008 crisis, CFPB centralizes oversight of banking/lending practices. Investors benefit ...

Protesters rallying to save the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in Raleigh earlier this year. Credit: Photo by Lena Geller North Carolina Secretary of State Elaine Marshall sat at the ...

The Trump administration had tried to defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which acts as a guardrail for the safety of the financial system. By Emmett Lindner A federal judge on Tuesday ...

San Diego County Board Chair Terra Lawson-Remer Tuesday revealed her plan to create a county Consumer Fairness and Public ...

The world is filled with shady characters. Con artists and disreputable companies will do whatever it takes to steal your ...

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and nearly two dozen of her peers across the nation are opposing the Trump administration’s decision to cease funding to the agency that oversees ...

SEATTLE — As National Consumer Protection Week gets underway, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) is urging Washington residents to take extra steps to protect their money and personal information, ...

According to data from the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network and other sources, reports of identity theft, attempts at check fraud, and attempts to take over consumer bank ...

Wire transfers using your bank or wire services, like Western Union, PayPal, and Wise, are fast, final, and widely trusted – which is exactly why scammers love them. Over the past few years, I’ve seen ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily/AP) — Arizona AG Kris Mayes is one of 21 attorneys general from Democratic-led states that sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its director, Russell Vought, on Monday, ...

Scammers are increasingly targeting taxpayers through robocalls, texts, and phishing emails this tax season. Experts urge ...