Staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed by email to cease much of their work. Bessent, a wealthy ...

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

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In his first official action as acting director of the CFPB, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ordered staffers to stop ...

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.

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces uncertainty as acting director, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, halts activities under directives from President Trump. The move follows the ...

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

"This letter confirms that my term as CFPB Director has concluded," Chopra said in a letter to President Donald Trump, posted to the social media site X on Saturday morning. "I know the CFPB is ready ...

In a resignation letter posted on X, Chopra said watchdog agencies such as the CFPB work to enforce laws to "check the enormous influence that powerful firms have over our daily lives." ...

President Donald Trump on Saturday removed Rohit Chopra as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, setting in motion a potentially landmark shift at one of the nation’s most ...

Chopra posts a letter to X with his final statements President Donald Trump has dismissed Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in his latest purge of officials ...