The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to launch an inquiry into small-business lending, the first step toward crafting a rule for the collection and reporting of data.

Republican leaders acknowledged that they will not be able to use the Congressional Review Act to overturn the CFPB's prepaid card rule.

In an attempt to show it went all out to help struggling homeowners, the embattled mortgage servicer Ocwen Financial provided an unusual level of detail about foreclosures it says regulators have deemed "inappropriate."

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In an echo of the rescue deals of 2007 and 2008, New Residential's CEO framed the transaction as something undertaken to benefit the entire industry.

An industry-backed bill that is headed to the desk of Gov. Mary Fallin is seen by critics as an effort to minimize the impact of a potential CFPB crackdown.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued four online tribal lenders on Thursday for illegally collecting debts in 17 states where they are prohibited by state usury or licensing laws.

The onslaught of regulatory actions against Ocwen may open the door for Nationstar to pick up a massive subservicing portfolio from the beleaguered servicer.

Financial services companies and groups are increasingly willing to take the regulatory regime to court in an effort to fight back — and so far, they appear to be succeeding.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered an auto loan servicer on Wednesday to pay $2.4 million for failing to live up to the terms of a 2015 consent order.

Ocwen Financial asked a federal judge Wednesday to dismiss a lawsuit by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying the agency is unconstitutional.

Congressional action is necessary to give financial regulators the tools they need to promote responsible innovation.

The fight over a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule adding new restrictions to prepaid cards is intensifying as some Republicans hope to overturn it before a looming deadline expires.

A federal appeals court rejected Friday an appeal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to investigate an accreditor of for-profit colleges.

Ocwen Financial and its subsidiaries faced a slew of accusations from federal and state regulators on Thursday, which raised questions about whether the firm could survive.

Upcoming changes to how banks report mortgage activity to the government will have an undeniable impact on Community Reinvestment Act exams, but regulators have been silent on how they will use the data.

Prepaid card users have waited a long time for the basic protections that debit card customers take for granted. Congress should not throw them under the bus.

Justices on the Supreme Court appeared exasperated with both sides for a case that would define whether companies that buy distressed debt are covered under a federal statute setting limits on their activities.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit Monday against an Ohio law firm for allegedly engaging in illegal debt collection practices by failing to determine whether millions of consumers actually owed a debt.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's prevailing mindset is apparently not affected by convincing evidence regarding options for borrowers looking for small-dollar credit.