Financial exploitation in the elder population has been on the rise, with financial institutions reporting quadruple the number of such incidences from 2013 to 2017, according to the Consumer ...

The Supreme Court may decide as soon as Friday whether to tackle a new case that could further constrain the power of US regulators to delve into American businesses and individual lives. In recent ...

NEW YORK — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance ...

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 28: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a protest in front of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) headquarters on November 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. Sen.

Elon Musk has said he wants to eliminate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB was created after the 2008 crisis to protect consumers from financial abuses. It has recouped billions for ...

Kaz Weida is an educator and freelance journalist who covers insurance, taxes, banking, and a wide array of personal finance topics. In addition to CNET, Kaz contributes to Yahoo Finance, ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the spotlight this week thanks to a leadership fight over control of the financial watchdog agency. The battle started last Friday when CFPB's director, ...

TROY, Mich.: 7 Nov. 2024 — More than one-fourth (29%) of bank customers and 22% of credit card customers have experienced some instance of fraudulent activity on their accounts in the past 12 months, ...

The Affordable Care Act was designed to provide financial protection to Americans in their use of the health care system. This required addressing two intertwined problems: cost barriers to accessing ...

The agency was created after the 2008 financial meltdown, as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. That law was passed in the wake of the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis ...