The final days of a presidential administration after the election of a successor are called the "lame duck" period, but ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed one lawsuit and reached five settlements last week, totaling nearly $206.6 ...

The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday issued new regulations barring medical debts from American credit reports, enacting a major new consumer protection just days before ...

Americans owed a total of $220 billion in medical debt in February 2024, with approximately 14 million people (six percent of adults) indebted by more than $1,000. Around three million people (one ...

according to a final rule announced Tuesday by the Biden administration. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule will remove $49 billion in medical debt from the credit reports of more than ...

Harvard University has hired another law firm to help it navigate a U.S. House investigation into its response to claims of ...

The CFPB director faulted the lack of transparency around bank decisions to close accounts and said it’s worth exploring what ...

During his presidency, Joe Biden faced significant setbacks at the U.S. Supreme Court, whose 6-3 conservative majority ...

Unpaid medical bills will no longer appear on credit reports, where they can block people from mortgages, car loans or small business loans. That's according to a final rule announced ...