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Is fight over CFPB undermining its authority?
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Apr 24, 2013
Observers worry the lack of a full-fledged director undercuts agency's ability to protect consumers.
Obama taps former prosecutor as Wall Street cop
Stacey Vanek Smith Jan 24, 2013
Mary Jo White battled mobsters and terrorists as U.S. Attorney. Now, she’ll face hedge fund titans and high-speed traders to revive the SEC.
Letters: Whiny Olympians and not-so-free credit reports
Jeremy Hobson Jul 27, 2012
Your letters about our stories.
Bark or bite: Credit reporting agencies get watchdog
Tess Vigeland Jul 20, 2012
Around 40 percent of credit reports have mistakes on them -- and it is a pain to get them fixed. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it will start scrutinizing credit reporting agencies.
Richard Cordray and the CFPB set to work
Adriene Hill Jan 17, 2012
Newly appointed head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray, speaks about the priorities on the table for the organization.
Cordray's plans for the CFPB
Tess Vigeland Jan 13, 2012
Richard Cordray, chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, discusses what powers he'll have and how he plans to use them.
Obama appoints new head of CFPB
Steve Chiotakis Jan 5, 2012
The president plans to use a recess appointment to name Richard Cordray as head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Richard Cordray to head consumer protection bureau
Tess Vigeland Jan 4, 2012
President Obama bypassed the Senate and appointed Cordray as the head of the CFPB. Yet, legal challenges will likely follow.
Senate Republicans block Cordray nomination to CFPB
David Gura Dec 9, 2011
U.S. Senate Republicans blocked former Ohio attorney general Richard Cordray's appointment as director of the CFPB. The new bureau is a centerpiece in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.
This week: The Postal Service, the CFPB (non) confirmation
David Gura Dec 9, 2011
We talk to one of our Washington reporters about what happened in the news this week.
