The draft plan generated commentary from consumer advocates, state regulators, and industry groups about how the CFPB intends to fulfill its statutory responsibilities going forward, leaving many to ...

Dozens of probationary employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were fired this week. The move follows similar actions made by the Trump administration to reduce federal agencies across ...

Back in 2022, the term “surveillance advertising” became common parlance at the Federal Trade Commission. But you won’t catch any of the current commissioners or key staff invoking that term anymore.

Chris Mufarrige, the director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, spoke last week at the National Advertising Division’s Annual Conference in Washington, providing further insight into how the ...

Chris Mufarrige has taken aim at Facebook scams and junk fees, but consumer advocates say he has an uphill climb As the director of the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection bureau, Chris ...

Errors on credit reports. Unexpected bank and other “junk” fees. New financial products that conceal their true costs and terms. For help with those problems, millions of consumers in the U.S. have ...

The Council has approved conclusions that provide guidance to the Commission for the implementation of the five-year 2030 consumer agenda. The conclusions call for the strengthening of consumer ...

THE Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), in collaboration with several consumer-protection agencies, on Thursday engaged residents and farmers in ...