The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( The United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (abbreviated as CFPB) is a federal government agency established in 2011, funded by the Federal Reserve and part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, with primary responsibility for regulating U.S. financial institutions with more than $10 billion in assets, promoting fair and transparent mortgage, credit card, and other consumer financial products and services. Credit cards and other consumer financial products and services.