Republicans have long targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for elimination. It survives, for now, but has ...

An estimated one-fifth of U.S. households have medical debt on their credit reports, a burden that makes it more expensive ...

A federal judge blocked a rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have stopped medical bills from ...

Americans will no longer have to decide what’s more important: Their health or their credit score. Finalized on January 7, a ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”) has seen significant changes since President Donald Trump fired former Director ...

The CFPB has continued to announce additional procedural, rulemaking and administrative changes, with the latest being three postings to the Federal Register on June 18, 2025: 1) a final rule ...

In a win for credit bureaus and debt collectors, medical debt will be allowed to stay on your credit report after all.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is facing a lawsuit from community groups who claim the agency acted unlawfully to stop implementing a Biden-era small business demographic data rule.

A federal judge in Texas has reversed a Biden administration rule that wiped medical debt from credit reports, affecting ...

A federal judge has struck down a Biden-era rule which would have eliminated medical debt from Americans credit reports.

A Trump-appointed federal judge has blocked a Biden administration rule that would have removed medical debt from credit ...

Finance companies can continue to make lending decisions based on information about medical bills contained in consumer credit reports, a judge rules.