Richard Cordray

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

Bank customers will be able to check information on Mint, TurboTax and QuickBooks without sharing their JPM passwords; Treasury secretary nominee says regulation should account for bank "complexity and activity"

Democratic attorneys general in 16 states and the District of Columbia have asked to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a controversial appeals court case, citing an "urgent" need to protect its director, Richard Cordray, from being fired by President Donald J. Trump.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Director Richard Cordray refused to comment on how he would respond if President Donald J. Trump asked for his resignation, but said the independence of the consumer watchdog agency was "worth fighting for."

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is ramping up enforcement actions ahead of a possible political showdown between President Donald J. Trump and the agency’s director, Richard Cordray.

The financial services industry has high hopes that President Trump will usher in a new era of less regulation and economic growth. Here are challenges his administration will face.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and two states on Wednesday sued the nation's largest student loan servicer, Navient, for allegedly systematic failures in processing loan payments and failing to enroll borrowers in less expensive repayment plans.

A House Republican report, charging that Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray "may have broken the law" when the agency cracked down on auto lenders, appeared to escalate the GOP's clash with the agency.

Top Democrats vowed Tuesday to defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, predicting Director Richard Cordray will file a lawsuit if he were fired by Donald Trump after he is sworn in as president.

A top official with the incoming Trump administration said Thursday that the president-elect is considering former Rep. Randy Neugebauer to run the CFPB, the first clear sign that he intends to dismiss Richard Cordray.

House Democrats sent a letter Tuesday to President-elect Donald J. Trump, urging him to reject calls by Republicans to fire Richard Cordray.

President-elect Trump has a number of options to change the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and its leadership, but each moves carries at least some risk.

With access to financial transaction data under threat by hurdles imposed by certain financial institutions, it should be up to consumers to decide how their data is used to improve their financial well-being,

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a proposal Thursday that asks the public to weigh in on consumer access to financial information, part of a fight between banks and fintech companies about the sharing and control of consumer records.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces an uncertain and precarious future under President-elect Donald Trump, who some say might seek to oust Director Richard Cordray and boost legislation to significantly weaken the agency.