US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must be funded, judge rules

A federal judge has rejected a claim by the Trump administration that it is barred from funding a consumer watchdog agency.

CFPB to Send $46 Million to Synapse Victims as Fund Runs Low (1)

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said it will distribute just over $46 million to thousands of people who haven’t been able to access their money since the failure of bank-fintech middleman ...

What’s at Stake as Trump Tries to Dismantle the CFPB?

Republicans have had the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in their sights since its 2011 inception. They’ve long ...
American Banker

Appeals court agrees to rehear CFPB union's case

A federal appeals court agreed to have the full bench rehear arguments by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's union about whether the Trump administration planned to gut the agency through mass ...
ConsumerAffairs

Consumer advocates warn CFPB proposal could weaken fair credit rules

The Consumer Federation of America says proposed changes to Regulation B would erode core civil rights protections in lending Advocates warn the pl ...

Trump’s funding cuts put America’s consumer watchdog on the brink of collapse

Using a CFPB database of credit card terms and conditions, Johnson learned that his creditors were required to use ...

Court orders Vought to keep CFPB funded while case is underway

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday issued an order rebuking the Trump administration’s efforts to defund and shutter the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Earlier in ...
The American Prospect

Judge Warns Vought of Contempt Order If He Back-Door Shuts Down CFPB

Overview: Vought has claimed that the Federal Reserve has no "combined earnings" this year, therefore it cannot give CFPB ...