Willie Sutton famously said he robbed banks “because that’s where the money was.” The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken the opposite approach: it goes where the money was taken—and ...

Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. Consumer protection laws help keep businesses honest by shielding consumers against companies that operate with unfair, ...

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation entered into a $2.3 million settlement with a mortgage lender and servicer over claims that the company charged excessive interest on ...

Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we ...

The battle over the role—and even the existence—of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will heat up this fall, but the future of the Bureau, and of financial regulations, will hang in the balance ...

In the weeks since President Trump's return to office, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, long a target of conservatives, landed in the crosshairs of Elon Musk's DOGE, or Department of ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau remains in limbo after President Donald Trump's attempt to fire nearly everyone at the agency was paused on Friday by a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Amy ...

The Trump administration is trying to fire 90 percent of the staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and has ordered it to reduce its inspections of financial firms by half. (Adobe Stock) At ...