A view of the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images) A Federal Trade Commission database meant to guide law enforcement ...

An appeals court will decide if further cuts can be made to the CFPB, a key agency tasked with protecting consumers ...

Russell Vought’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is putting the public at risk in areas ranging from auto loans and digital payments to credit cards and credit reports. Two ...

Errors on credit reports. Unexpected bank and other “junk” fees. New financial products that conceal their true costs and terms. For help with those problems, millions of consumers in the U.S. have ...

On January 9, the CFPB released its 2025 Private Education Loan Ombudsman Annual Report analyzing consumer complaints on both private and ...

With federal oversight in retreat, deep-pocketed collection companies are aggressively pursuing down-and-out consumers who are struggling with record levels of credit card debt. Meanwhile, consumer ...

California joined 20 other states and the District of Columbia on Monday in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being defunded and closed by the Trump ...

Class-action settlements alone hit nearly $40 billion in 2024, marking the third consecutive, record-setting year in the category. Private TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act) claims have also ...

California joined 20 other states and the District of Columbia on Monday in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being defunded and closed by the Trump ...

Elon Musk has dominated headlines during the first half of 2025 as he went from being President Trump’s top adviser and establishing the Department of Government Efficiency to publicly feuding with ...