The agency aims to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive or abusive financial practices by taking action against companies that break the law. In 2022, the CFPB ordered Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion for “widespread mismanagement” that led to misapplied loan payments, wrongfully foreclosed homes and more.

Elon Musk has asked social media users if funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) should be "deleted" in a poll on X, formerly Twitter. "The IRS just said it wants $20B more money," Musk, who has been appointed to co-lead the informal Department of Government Efficiency under President-elect Donald Trump,

Elon Musk is coming for one of Washington’s biggest targets: the Internal Revenue Service. Joined by entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, the eccentric billionaire plans to gut the agency’s budget and reimagine how Americans handle taxes.