Since the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued stop-work orders, employees have been trying to decipher exactly what they mean.

The agency had been one of Wall Street’s most feared regulators, with the power to issue rules on mortgages, credit cards, student loans and other...

The order to shutter the agency’s headquarters follows another order issued Saturday by Mr. Vought, who also leads the Office of Management and Budget, telling...

Rohit Chopra, who led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, was known for his aggressive enforcement and expansion of consumer protection laws.

A battle over a new rule to limit credit card late fees has spiraled into a larger skirmish about how much power litigants should have...

Investment firms are raising record sums for real estate secondary funds that cut private deals to buy assets from investors who can’t otherwise exit.

The lawsuit accuses the automaker of tricking drivers into sharing detailed driving records that were then sold to insurance companies.

Millions of people are overdue on their federal loans or still have them paused — and court rulings keep upending collection efforts.

The Education Department has not finished recalculating payments for millions of borrowers enrolled in SAVE, forcing loan servicers to put many loans into forbearance.

Most companies will be required to report government and court orders penalizing them for consumer protection violations.