Richard Cordray

The old record was set just before the Great Recession, and what may be most remarkable is that it took nearly nine years to reach a new milestone.

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.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a series of clarifications to its 2015 rule expanding mortgage data collection requirements that many in the industry have said is too onerous.

President Trump has been in office for nearly 12 weeks, but he still hasn’t nominated several critical positions among financial services regulators. Following is a guide to what’s vacant now, and when other posts will be available.

President Trump has been in office for nearly 12 weeks, but he still hasn’t nominated several critical positions among financial services regulators. Following is a guide to what’s vacant now, and when other posts will be available.

CFPB director accused of being "asleep at the wheel" during the Wells Fargo scandal; consumers and retailers both reluctant to use Apple's mobile payment service.

Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee barraged the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday with accusations that the agency is corrupt, as they tried to lay the groundwork for President Trump to remove the director for cause.

In a speech, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray said the agency enforces “with the principle of equal justice” so enforcement actions don’t seem random.

One credit union leader is urging Acting NCUA Chairman McWatters to go to bat for more sensible mortgage rules coming out of the CFPB.

The Justice Department believes that Pyongyang was behind last year's New York Fed heist; Marcus Schenck, DB's CFO and deputy CEO, may be next in line to head the big German bank.

The Justice Department files a court brief to give the president power to remove agency director at will; feud threatens bitcoin.

In his meeting with community bankers, President Trump openly pondered the fate of CFPB Director Richard Cordray with his advisers and appeared eager to quickly fix industry concerns through executive orders.

The Justice Department plans to defend President Trump's executive authority by siding with PHH Corp. in the mortgage lender's controversial case alleging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's temporary legal victory on Thursday has lowered the odds that President Trump will seek to remove the agency's director, Richard Cordray, despite repeated calls by prominent Republicans for his ouster.

A federal appeals court agreed Thursday to hear an appeal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau challenging a ruling last year that its single-director structure is unconstitutional, a victory for the embattled agency.

Some experts say President Trump is being advised to hold off on firing CFPB Director Richard Cordray to get the Supreme Court to rule on the extent of the president's executive powers.

President to sign executive order Friday to roll Dodd-Frank as battle lines form over various sections of the act; Deutsche Bank's John Cryan issues an "especially contrite" apology for the German bank's past mistakes.

A federal appeals court on Thursday denied efforts by 16 Democratic attorneys general, several consumer groups and two Democratic lawmakers to defend the CFPB in a critical case.

Democrats and progressive groups have drawn a line in the sand over Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray, hoping to capitalize on the successful march on Washington this past weekend to rally support for him and his agency.

A new director of the consumer bureau must focus on how a still-relatively-young agency matures while maintaining a positive consumer protection agenda.