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CFPB halts work

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CFPB halts work after Trump appoints Bessent as acting head

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a consumer watchdog agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Elon Musk wants to “delete” it.

Boise State Public Radio · 21h

Treasury Secretary Bessent, tapped to run CFPB, orders staff to halt work

The staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was instructed by email to cease much of its work. Bessent, a wealthy Wall Street investor, replaces Rohit Chopra, who was fired on Saturday.

American Banker · 23h

Treasury's Bessent tells CFPB staff to stop everything

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, enforcement actions and hiring.

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Los Angeles Daily News · 13h

Bessent, as acting consumer bureau chief, pauses all rules and lawsuits

CFPB staff was told to refrain from issuing public communications, halt activities including rules and settlements and participation in litigation proceedings.

U.S. News & World Report · 18h

US Treasury Chief Takes Over Consumer Watchdog, Freezes All Activity

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday tapped newly confirmed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency announced. Bessent then halted virtually all CFPB activities,

POLITICO on MSN · 1d

Bessent tapped to be acting consumer bureau chief

Republicans have long criticized the bureau, which they see as an unaccountable regulator with too broad a reach.

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Tech’s Trump Backers—Zuckerberg, Musk—Hate CFPB. It’s Now Been Paused.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to halt work Monday, following months of ...

Banker & Tradesman48m

What Does Halt to CFPB Work Mean for Mass. Banks?

The future of the nation's top consumer financial regulator is in doubt, and that's opening questions about the impact on ...

The National Law Review20h

Rohit Chopra Out, Scott Bessent In (Temporarily) at the CFPB

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

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Data brokers can keep selling your social security number, says new CFPB chief

Treasure Secretary Scott Bessent has been named the Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the ...

Chopra leaves CFPB in widely expected move

President Donald Trump designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the bureau’s acting chief, according to a statement ...

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