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The CFPB ordered Village Capital & Investment in Henderson, Nev., to issue refunds and pay a penalty for allegedly misrepresenting the cost savings in a refi product.

Readers respond to the burgeoning debate over brokered deposits, consider the Democratic presidential hopefuls for 2020, weigh the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's latest regulatory efforts and more.

Regulators typically write rules before applying them. But the CFPB is attempting the reverse.

Readers react to efforts to improve bank branches, weigh the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's decision to pull back on enforcing the Military Lending Act, consider efforts to build finetch sandboxes and more.

The retiring chairman of the House Financial Services Committee defends his often uncompromising pursuit of rolling back post-crisis regulations.

The consumer bureau’s interim chief told an industry conference that “regulation by enforcement is done.”

The agency alleges that some customers made payments to the e-commerce group even though their accounts had already been sold to third-party debt buyers.

The consumer bureau alleges Future Income Payments lured vulnerable consumers into taking out high-cost loans in exchange for their future pension payments.

The New Jersey firm, which made loans to Sept. 11 first responders and pro football players diagnosed with brain injuries, was accused of usury. But a judge threw out the case, ruling that the New York attorney general lacks jurisdiction.

A new law exempts small lenders from expanded mortgage data reporting, but regulators are signaling that banks and credit unions no longer have to collect the data either.

A new law exempts small lenders from expanded mortgage data reporting, but regulators are signaling that banks no longer have to collect the data either.

Bankers should resist the urge to skirt financial regulations, including know-your-customer and lending standards, to make a sale. The danger of penalties and a possible reputational hit is too great.

The company, which was flagged for two products, has been working with its regulators to determine the right amount to set aside.

The two major national credit union trade associations have sent recommendations for improving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s enforcement processes.

The public face of the Trump administration's revamp of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is by no means working alone.

Since taking office in November of last year, acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney's actions have sparked outrage from his critics seemingly at every turn, including several times just last week.

Acting Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Mick Mulvaney announced a trio of significant changes to the CFPB.

The agency said Cross River Bank and an affiliated debt settlement company misled customers into thinking a debt consolidation program would settle their debts and boost their creditworthiness.

In the joint report with the Federal Trade Commission on debt collection practices, the CFPB said it had initiated four enforcement actions last year, had resolved one case and has five others pending.

Under Richard Cordray, the consumer bureau had questioned whether affiliations between small-dollar lenders and sovereign tribes are exempt from state laws, but observers say the agency’s acting chief has signaled a more welcoming approach.