State attorneys general (AGs) are increasingly shaping the enforcement landscape for consumer financial services in response to shifting federal priorities and a less active Consumer Financial ...

In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the September 2025 webinar. Bite 16: CFPB Publishes "Making Ends Meet" Survey Data On August 20, 2025, the CFPB published ...

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Established in the wake of the Great Recession, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a government agency intended to do exactly what its name states: protect consumers financially by ...

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 ...

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Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. On Tuesday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a long-awaited rule that promises to enable consumers to better ...

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 ...

Getting married, starting a family or buying a new home — milestone moments like these signal the beginning of a new chapter and compel us to reprioritize what matters most. As our needs evolve, so do ...