The EU has defined a number of basic rights to protect consumers when they use financial products and services, for example when opening a bank account, transferring money, making an investment, ...

Massive cuts by the Trump administration have seriously diminished the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) oversight of credit bureaus, according to a new ProPublica report. Launched in the ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a new rule to ban excessive credit card late fees. Congress banned excessive fees in 2009, but the Federal Reserve Board of Governors issued ...

The Trump administration has issued an interpretive rule that undermines state laws forbidding the inclusion of medical debt on consumers’ credit reports. The guideline published in the Federal ...

Could your debt be reduced or forgiven? Take our financial relief quiz. The credit industry has shifted toward modern transparency standards since the mid-20th century, with protections coming into ...

The federal Fair Credit Reporting Act mandates employers and consumer reporting agencies to furnish the FCRA Summary of Consumer Rights to applicants and employees. In 2023, the Consumer Financial ...

The best credit monitoring services of June 2025 offer top-notch security, real-time alerts, and financial tools to protect your credit score and identity.

This past week the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) stopped operations and halted funding to the agency. Born out of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer ...

For decades, banks controlled consumer credit. They decided who got approved, at what rate, and on what terms. But in 2025, banks are no longer the first option. Private credit, once a fringe asset ...