The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a consumer watchdog agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Elon ...

The Trump administration said Scott Bessent, the recently appointed Treasury secretary, will also serve as acting director for the CFPB.

In a desperately needed move this week, President Donald Trump fired Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial ...

President Donald Trump designated Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the Consumer Financial ...

But the agency has since been targeted by trade groups who unsuccessfully argued that the CFPB's funding violated the U.S.

The staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was instructed by email to cease much of its work. Bessent, a wealthy ...

President Donald Trump appointed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection ...

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent is picking up another leadership role as President Donald Trump named Bessent Acting ...

On January 31, 2025, the CFPB announced President Donald Trump had appointed Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the CFPB. In ...

The Trump administration has named Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to be acting director of the Consumer Financial ...

In a familiar move, President Donald Trump has designated the current head of another executive agency, this time newly sworn ...