Consumer protection existed long before Congress created the CFPB. It would exist without the CFPB, and the CFPB is one of ...

Banking regulation doesn't need to mimic the hyper-partisan nature of today's politics. A balanced FDIC board would confer ...

As discussed here, on February 9, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), which includes members employed by the ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a go-to financial agency for dealing with bad practices. Trump ...

Here's some background on the scope of the CFPB's activities and how the agency's tenuous status might affect consumers.

Joe Biden’s CFPB passed rules limiting overdraft and credit card late fees. As the chair of the Senate committee that ...

President Trump has ordered government agencies to start firing probationary employees, leading to the dismissal of thousands ...

The moves come as President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by tech billionaire Elon Musk, have exacerbated their efforts to cut down on government spending — in some ...

Trump has nominated Jonathan McKernan, former board member of the FDIC and senior counsel of policy at FHFA, to be director of the CFPB.

On February 11, the White House announced the nomination of Jonathan McKernan to serve as Director of the. McKernan was most recently a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit ...

President Trump nominates Jonathan McKernan to lead the CFPB, indicating a potential shift in the agency's regulatory ...

The Trump administration's nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Jonathan McKernan, is seen as an ...