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CFPB halts work
CFPB halts work after Trump appoints Bessent as acting head
The consumer watchdog agency was formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Elon Musk wants to “delete” it.
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 Wall Street investor, replaces Rohit Chopra, who was fired on Saturday.
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,
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What CFPB Halt Means for Medical Debt Forgiveness for Millions of Americans
The halt means the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will cease crafting regulations or enforcing any rules or ...
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The CFPB's New Medical Debt Rule Will Do More Harm Than Good
If healthcare entities believe that people won't pay their medical bills at the margin, they'll likely raise prices.
16h
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 ...
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Data brokers can keep selling your social security number, says new CFPB chief
Treasure Secretary Scott Bessent has been named the Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the ...
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on MSN
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 ...
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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 ...
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on MSN
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 ...
American Banker
17h
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 ...
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Chopra leaves CFPB in widely expected move
The bureau's now-former director, widely expected to be fired — arguably earlier — by the Trump administration “has concluded ...
The National Law Review
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Rohit Chopra Out, Scott Bessent In (Temporarily) at the CFPB
In a familiar move, President Donald Trump has designated the current head of another executive agency, this time newly sworn ...
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