People need payday lenders because there is no alternative.

Reform could be coming to payday loan industry in the form of federal regulations.

If you're going to invest in virtual currency, you'd better cowboy up.

A new bill from Sen. Elizabeth Warren to regulate credit histories and employment applications.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to expand its supervision of student loans to those servicers that operate outside of the banking system.

The Supreme Court is expected to take a case on whether several recess appointments were constitutional -- and that has implications for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

We analyze the latest jobs report and get an update on how the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is helping stay-at-home parents earn lines of credit.

Observers worry the lack of a full-fledged director undercuts agency's ability to protect consumers.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has dumped over 100,000 complaints, in 11 computer languages, for “civic hacking.” Banks complain that it’s not filtered for accurate complaints.