In fiscal year 2024, sex, race and age were the most frequently cited bases of discrimination among equal employment opportunity complaints received by the bureau.

A district court determined that granting a motion to vacate based on the new arguments advanced by the CFPB would “be to undermine the finality of judgments.”

A trade group representing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy financial providers filed a lawsuit against the final rule, which is set to take effect in early 2026.

The restitution checks are tied to a $4.2 million settlement reached in 2023 with Prehired for engaging in illegal student lending services.

The court on May 16 heard the government’s appeal against a preliminary injunction that prohibited it from laying off more than 1,400 bureau employees through a reduction in force process.

The appeals court later this month will consider the separation of powers and other arguments raised by the parties involved.

Servicing issues once again took the lead for the most mortgage-related complaints submitted to the CFPB in the first quarter of 2025. (Includes two data tables.)

The move continues a recent pattern of withdrawing the bureau from lawsuits under new leadership at the CFPB.

The Trump administration’s planned reduction-in-force would terminate more than 1,400 employees at the bureau, reducing the agency’s workforce to around 200 employees.

The bureau is entangled in a lawsuit that alleges the agency authorized DOGE employees to access computer systems containing sensitive information.