Treasury secretary to temporarily oversee Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Donald Trump on Monday designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with additional duties as acting director of the ...
Trump’s Billionaire Buddy Halts Work at Federal Consumer Protection Agency
President Donald Trump’s Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has been tapped to direct the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...
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Breaking: Treasury Secretary Bessent Heads Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Immediately Orders Freeze of CFPB Activities
On Saturday, February 1, 2025, it was announced that President Donald Trump had removed Rohit Chopra as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In a statement from the CFPB on ...
Trump names Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Donald Trump has tasked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with serving as the acting director of the Consumer ...
Trump Names Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, to Lead the Consumer Bureau
The secretary replaces Rohit Chopra, who had aggressively sought to expand the bureau’s authority over banks and other ...
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 ...