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Trump fires head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

USA TODAY on MSN · 12h

Changes underway after Donald Trump fires head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is halting its operations amid Scott Bessent's takeover, according to reports.

Fox Business · 18h

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 Financial Protection Bureau, the agency said Monday.

Forbes on MSN · 16h

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Ordered To Stop Work After Trump Says Treasury’s Bessent Now In Charge

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was told to cease operations on Monday shortly after President Donald Trump appointed Treasury Director Scott Bessent to serve as the watchdog agency’s acting director—appeasing Republicans, and tech executives, who have criticized regulations at the agency implemented under the Biden administration.

CFPB halts work

Reuters on MSN · 14h

Trump's consumer watchdog freezes CFPB activity on first day of job

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who took over on Monday as President Donald Trump's new acting consumer finance watchdog, has halted virtually all pending activities at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,

The Washington Post on MSN · 18h

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.

POLITICO on MSN · 20h

Bessent orders halt to consumer bureau activity

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

Bessent Empowered to Freeze CFPB Under Agency's Founding Law

Democrats and consumer advocates slammed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over his plans to freeze the Consumer Financial ...

12hon MSN

Bessent Freezes Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Work Leaving Lawsuits Against JPMorgan, Bank Of America, Capital One In Limbo

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday ordered a halt to the majority of work at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

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CFPB’s Rohit Chopra fired, bureau activity paused

The Trump administration fired CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Feb. 1, prompting questions regarding pending cases and the ...

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 ...

20h

US consumer bureau won't defend Biden-era rules in court after chief was fired

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is refusing to defend Biden administration-era rules in court after its ...

14h

Trump appoints the Treasury secretary, a former hedge fund executive, as acting head of consumer protection agency

In what appears to be yet another move to consolidate parts of the federal government, President Donald Trump has appointed ...

American Banker14h

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 and enforcement actions.

Elizabeth Warren says Trump will have a ‘fight’ if he destroys the CFPB

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren says the Trump administration will “have a fight on their hands” if it dismantles her ...

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