The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a watchdog for student loan borrowers since its inception. The agency’s future is in doubt amid political and legal threats, raising the question: ...

The nation's top consumer watchdog is getting a major reshaping under President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, Mark Paoletta, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's chief legal officer, sent a memo ...

Trump's administration said that the CFPB is on track to run out of funding next year. It could put protections for student-loan borrowers at risk.

On April 25, the CFPB filed a joint stipulation of voluntary dismissal with prejudice in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. This case stems from the CFPB’s 2017 enforcement action ...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ordered a now-defunct debt relief provider to pay roughly $43 million in restitution over a case brought by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, alleging that the ...

The Trump administration has dismissed the federal government's lawsuit against National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts, abandoning a $2.25 million proposed settlement that could have gone to harmed ...

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It said that the focus of the CFPB will shift from supervision of companies to giving money back to consumers. This memo comes as millions of student-loan borrowers are expected to default this year.

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