Time will tell what Trump has in store for the CFPB. For now, consumers can still access the bureau’s many educational ...

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

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

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

Now he will lead the CFPB, the federal consumer watchdog, at least for a time. "I look forward to working with the CFPB to advance President Trump's agenda to lower costs for the American people ...

"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 ...

said in a Saturday statement. “Rest assured, my fellow Committee Democrats and I will continue to fight, as we have for more than 14 years, to defend the CFPB from Republican attacks and ensure ...

The Trump administration has named Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to be acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after firing CFPB Director Rohit Chopra over the weekend. Trump ...

“This letter confirms that my term as CFPB Director has concluded," Chopra wrote in a letter addressed to President Donald Trump. "I know the CFPB is ready to work with you and the next confirmed ...

Seth Frotman, the top lawyer at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is set to depart after leading the agency through a tumultuous period that included defeating a challenge to its funding that ...

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." ...