The removal of the CFPB as a viable regulator has thrown the doors open to the kind of unscrupulous behavior that triggered the last major financial crisis, writes Kathleen Engel, of Suffolk ...

Stalled lawsuits. Halted supervision and oversight. Suspended workforce. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the midst of a complete overhaul that could cripple its ability to act as the ...

Consumer finance is a high-profile sector that often connects with both users and investors. However, only a narrow portion of the segment has gained analyst confidence across the board, while also ...

Consumer banking is a changing industry. Decades of consolidation have reduced the total number of banks available to consumers, although the number of bank branches has not decreased at nearly the ...

Financial services companies may feel relief from the aggressive federal oversight and regulation that defined the past decade. However, regulatory risk has not disappeared—it has shifted. State ...

On December 3, the CFPB issued a proposed rule promoted as one that would require companies that sell data about income or financial tier, credit history, credit score or debt payments to comply with ...

If you tune into any financial-related news, you are bound to hear some mention of 'consumer sentiment.' In May, for instance, it was reported that consumer sentiment had hit "a six-month low" and ...

The new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered its employees on Monday to stay out of the office and stop all work. Meanwhile, a union representing federal employees filed two ...

About two-thirds of surveyed Americans support the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), according to a new poll released Wednesday. Some 67 percent of Americans said they favor the consumer ...