The consumer watchdog agency was formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Elon Musk wants to “delete” it.

On January 31, the CFPB announced Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the Acting Director. As previously covered by InfoBytes, Bessent sent an ...

President Donald Trump has made Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who was named to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has told ...

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

Rather than support financial firms through enforcement resources, the CFPB under Chopra chose to demonize American banks and technology companies as responsible for the mistakes of consumers.

Also see: Trump pausing tariffs on Mexico for a month, duties still in place for Canada, China The Trump administration has ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent belatedly slipped a protection for Big Tech firms, and in particular Elon Musk’s X, into his ...

President Donald Trump chose a former FDIC board member to lead the CFPB, an indication that he may not want to dismantle the agency.

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

President Donald Trump has tasked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with serving as the acting director of the Consumer ...

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