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 ...
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 ...
Dismantling the CFPB would turn the consumer finance world into the 'wild, wild west,' its former director says
Richard Cordray, the first director of the CFPB, told BI that Elon Musk's call to dismantle the agency is a 'direct conflict ...
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau shakeup: Chopra out, Bessent in charge
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ... over the weekend and installed Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who now serves as treasury secretary, as acting director.
Trump names Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acting director of CFPB, as former head Chopra confirms he is out
President Donald Trump has made Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection ...
Trump taps Bessent to lead consumer bureau as GOP plots big changes
President Trump has tapped Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the acting chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...