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 ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was one of the early targets of the Trump administration's attempts to dramatically reduce government spending. The bureau's work was first suspended in early ...

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.

In the same way people don’t think about their plumbing until a deathly stench rises from their shower drain, most of us have gotten used to the safeguards afforded by the federal Consumer Financial ...

Montgomery County's OCP provides advice and scam alerts to support federal workers during the government shutdown.

The FCC's updated TCPA consent revocation rules will reshape healthcare communication, requiring compliance and adaptation by April 11, 2025. Transparent, personalized communication is essential for ...

One of the biggest concerns with the rise of AI is what it means for privacy — a topic that was a prime focus of discussion during the Utah Consumer Protection Symposium Thursday.

Q: In your July 21 column, "The fate of consumer-protection rules," you wrote, "It will be a year until the president's immediate-repeal directive can take effect, and it will probably be another year ...

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 ...