U.S. consumers are at greater risk of being exploited by tech giants and financial firms after President Donald Trump fired a team of technologists from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ...

LONDON: US consumers are at greater risk of being exploited by tech giants and financial firms after President Donald Trump ...

As the Trump administration hacks away at government agencies, many employees who were cut are left fearing for their future ...

Shuttering the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will leave service members who rely on the agency’s accountability ...

On Jan. 31, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent granted Musk and his DOGE team access to the Treasury Department’s payment ...

C redit card debt can feel like getting mired in quicksand. You make some purchases or take small steps forward, and before ...

But critics say DOGE is going to hurt millions of Americans by axing programs that they need, or the personnel that support ...

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

Fed Chair Powell discusses 2024's 2.5% GDP growth, easing inflation, rate cuts, regulation shifts, stablecoin oversight, and ...

The CFPB has taken enforcement action against financial institutions and secured billions in penalties and refunds for consumers. Critics of the CFPB argue that its regulations stifled financial ...

“RIP CFPB,” Musk posted on X last week, with a tombstone emoji. Hours later, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is led by Musk, deleted the CFPB’s X account and was ...