The real estate investment trust has become a regular issuer, relying on a strategy of exercising "clean-up calls" on older mortgage bonds that it services.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a lawsuit Monday against an Ohio law firm for allegedly engaging in illegal debt collection practices by failing to determine whether millions of consumers actually owed a debt.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a series of clarifications to its 2015 rule expanding mortgage data collection requirements that many in the industry have said is too onerous.

A new Republican plan to streamline Dodd-Frank's capital rules, stress tests and many other requirements will be reintroduced in the coming weeks by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling.

A Senate Republican effort to use an obscure process to restructure the CFPB could derail any bipartisan agreement on targeted changes to the Dodd-Frank Act.

Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee barraged the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Wednesday with accusations that the agency is corrupt, as they tried to lay the groundwork for President Trump to remove the director for cause.

Nearly 40 current and former congressional Democrats — including the namesakes of the Dodd-Frank Act — challenged the notion that Congress may not dictate the organization of federal agencies.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's unblemished track record regarding enforcement actions came to an end in 2016 as more companies began fighting back.

In a speech, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray said the agency enforces “with the principle of equal justice” so enforcement actions don’t seem random.

With slim odds of getting eight Democrats to support major Dodd-Frank Act reforms, Republicans are turning to other measures to make changes to the 2010 reform law.

One credit union leader is urging Acting NCUA Chairman McWatters to go to bat for more sensible mortgage rules coming out of the CFPB.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a proposal that would give mortgage lenders more flexibility in collecting information on race, sex and ethnicity of home loan applicants.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Experian sold consumers an "educational" credit score and falsely claimed in advertisements that the score was used by lenders to make credit decisions.

The Justice Department told a federal appeals court on Friday that President Trump should have the authority to fire the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Nationstar Mortgage agreed on Wednesday to pay $1.75 million to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for failing to accurately report home mortgage data that is used to identify discrimination.

Banks are stepping up their efforts to win a key exception to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's "Qualified Mortgage" rule.

In his meeting with community bankers, President Trump openly pondered the fate of CFPB Director Richard Cordray with his advisers and appeared eager to quickly fix industry concerns through executive orders.

Most lenders' quality control headaches were triggered by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Truth in Lending Act-Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act integrated disclosure rule.

Democratic senators are gearing up for a showdown with Republicans over a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule governing arbitration agreements in financial contracts.

The Justice Department plans to defend President Trump's executive authority by siding with PHH Corp. in the mortgage lender's controversial case alleging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional.