The fired head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he sees the attack against the agency as "suspicious."

Attorney General Peter Neronha says he is joining a coalition of 23 other AGs to warn against the current administration’s effort to disband the CFPB.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance industry, is the latest U.

If this agency gets shut down it will impact an resident looking to purchase a home, car, or open new credit cards.

Aaron chats with Duke's Mallory SoRelle about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is under fire from the Trump administration.

The fired head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said he sees the attack against the agency as "suspicious."

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in control of creating rules and taking enforcement actions to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive, or abusive practices by a wide range of financial institutions and businesses.

From the moment the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened its doors in the summer of 2011, powerful critics have wanted to rein it in — and the regulator was one of the very first targets of Elon Musk’s scorched-earth overhaul of the US government.

Shuttering the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will leave service members who rely on the agency’s accountability initiatives less guarded from scams and financial crimes.