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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The president has named Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on an acting basis ...

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

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

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will also serve as the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) after President Donald Trump removed Rohit Chopra from his role as director.