NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Richard Cordray, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, about the recent Equifax hack that leaked personal information of 143 million consumers.

“The Equifax breach shows how we need the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to continue having all of its tools available to protect consumers and hold financial companies like Equifax ...

Once a powerful guardian against wrongdoing by banks and financial services companies, the Consumer Financial Protection ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plans to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection ...

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been taking heat for their lackluster approach to the investigation into the massive security breach at Equifax.This was the breach that made ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's reversal on its settlement with Navy Federal Credit Union is part of a broader pattern.

Equifax said in a federal filing on Friday that it is still under investigation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), despite reports the agency had pulled back its probe. In a ...

Since the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened its doors in 2011, the watchdog has been at the center of legal fights over mortgage regulations, student loans, forced arbitration and ...

A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have ...

(Reuters) -The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on Friday it had fined credit reporting bureau Equifax $15 million for failing to sufficiently investigate consumer disputes of ...

The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact ...

Equifax was the subject of more consumer bureau complaints than any other financial services company in all but one state in 2017, according to an analysis of agency data published Thursday. In ...