@MIConsumerWartch, on Facebook, Instagram, X and LinkedIn, is Attorney General Dana Nessel's new initiative in keeping ...

Here’s what the agency has been doing for U.S. consumers since it was created in 2011—and what could change if the current administration continues to scale back its budget, staff, and mission By ...

The CFPB, created in the wake of the 2008 banking crisis, has been under steady attack in 2025. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

Established in the wake of the Great Recession, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a government agency intended to do exactly what its name states: protect consumers financially by ...

The acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has ordered staffers at the agency to stop all work after it saw multiple changes throughout the week. "Effective immediately, unless ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is changing course under new leadership, rolling back policies that were ...

Office of Management and Budget Director and acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Russell Vought has sought to eliminate some 90% of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's staff.

The fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, is uncertain as the agency and its workers have faced a tumultuous month of February so far, possibly leaving consumers with more ...

On December 10, 2024, President-elect Trump named FTC Commissioner Andrew Ferguson as next Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), replacing Chair Lina Khan on January 20, 2025. As a ...