Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Wesley Ward, an Illinois State University alum from Bloomington-Normal, worked at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for seven months before leaving voluntarily. He says a lack of enforcement at the CFPB leaves consumers vulnerable, and gives companies an opportunity to get away with breaking federal law.

State Farm Bank has been ordered to change its practices after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found it violated federal law by improperly…

McLean County residents facing home foreclosure will no longer be able to receive free help from a legal clinic sponsored by the University of…

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts helped establish the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis.…