When you apply for a credit card or loan, the bank will likely pull a credit report. Those credit reports are pulled from consumer reporting agencies. The most familiar consumer reporting agencies are ...

reduce their oversight and enforcement activities, Americans are increasingly left to defend their own financial interests. This shift in the regulatory landscape has created new challenges for ...

Two congressmen think that a new consumer watchdog agency is needed in the wake of the financial crisis. The Financial Product Safety Commission Act, introduced yesterday by Reps. William Delahunt, D.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, July 8 (Reuters) - The top official overseeing fair lending at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was placed on administrative leave, according to two people familiar ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, responding to government auditors, is formalizing a comprehensive privacy plan that addresses how the federal agency will assess and manage privacy risks and ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a watchdog of sorts for consumers, with the government agency aiming to keep institutions and entities like banks, debt collectors, and ...

(Reuters) - The top U.S. consumer finance agency on Wednesday asked a court to undo an enforcement case which the watchdog had already won last year, accusing prior agency officials of abusing their ...