In declarations to federal court, CFPB employees describe a hasty process to eliminate most of the agency's staff. "[A]ll that matters is the numbers," one employee said they were told by leaders.

Thousands of consumer complaints unanswered after Trump CFPB purge, Dems say Since its founding, the CFPB has returned more than $21 billion to consumers who were victims of fraud or scams.

At a court hearing Monday, CFPB’s COO Adam Martinez gave a sworn account of the chaos that has consumed the federal agency meant to stop unfair corporate practices.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) moved to make sweeping job cuts as the Trump administration looks refocus the agency's regulatory objectives with a smaller workforce.

Most of the CFPB has been shut down since Feb. 7, when Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, took over as acting director.

The dismissals occurred while Trump’s nominee to head the CFPB, Jonathan McKernan, was on Capitol Hill testifying before the Senate in a confirmation hearing.

Consumer Protection Predates the CFPB. More importantly, it makes sense to reevaluate whether the CFPB is necessary to protect consumers. As I’ve argued before, that idea wasn’t true before ...

At a court hearing Monday, CFPB’s COO Adam Martinez gave a sworn account of the chaos that has consumed the federal agency meant to stop unfair corporate practices.