The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau headquarters in Washington, Feb. 2, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Federal student loan borrowers submitted a record number of complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from mid-2024 to mid-2025, a recent report from the bureau shows. But the government’s 21-page report, …
In the weeks since President Trump’s return to office, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, long a target of conservatives, landed in the crosshairs of Elon Musk’s DOGE, or Department of Government Efficiency. As a watchdog agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, is tasked with protecting consumers from financial …
Federal employees return to in-person work, while CFPB closes Federal employees return to in-person work, while CFPB closes 02:06 The Trump administration’s Feb. 8 order that employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau halt much of their work amounts to an existential crisis for a government agency that itself was …
Amid the global turmoil of this young new year comes a flurry of welcome developments that will help many people — especially retirees and those close to retirement — supercharge their savings, cut prescription drug costs, keep more of the money they earn and, possibly, raise their credit scores. Fair …