Six million Americans ended up losing their homes. The foreclosure crisis exposed how unfair the U.S. financial system had ...

Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman — who is viewed as a leading contender to be the next vice chair for supervision at the ...

Purpose of the committee is to advise the Commission, protect investor interests and promote market integrity.

Here's some background on the scope of the CFPB's activities and how the agency's tenuous status might affect consumers.

Concern about the stock market’s overvaluation is going mainstream. For years now, those who have worried about the equity market’s overvaluation have been voices in the wilderness. As the ...

U.S. and global financial markets are governed by rules and regulations intended to protect investors and consumers, and promote financial stability. A pyramid scheme is a fraudulent business ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Jan. 29 at the Federal Reserve in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/The ...

The bureau was created in 2010 by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. That legislation was passed following the 2008 financial crisis, and it was intended to protect ...

Saul Loeb / Getty Images The Investor Protection Act is a component of the broader Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009, designed to expand the powers of the ...

The consumer watchdog agency was created after the 2008 financial crisis by way of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The agency was the brainchild of Democratic Sen.