President Donald Trump designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the bureau’s acting chief, according to a statement ...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was named to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has told the agency's staff to put a halt to all rules and enforcement actions.
CFPB staff was told to refrain from issuing public communications, halt activities including rules and settlements and ...
If President Trump is looking for a federal agency to abolish, he needs to look no further than the misnamed Consumer ...
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren says the Trump administration will “have a fight on their hands” if it dismantles her ...
The change in leadership could portend radical changes at one of the nation’s most powerful consumer watchdog agencies.
The CFPB—tasked to protect consumers from unfair banking practices—was created by Democrats in the wake of the 2008 financial ...
On January 13, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a new proposed rule attempting to ban certain contractual provisions in ...