The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been a go-to financial agency for dealing with bad practices. Trump administration wants to end it.

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is in the crosshairs of a White House that has halted its work, closed its ...

Congress established the CFPB to monitor credit card companies, mortgage providers, debt collectors and other segments of the consumer finance industry.

Bessent, a wealthy hedge fund manager, was already expected to be a business-friendly choice to lead the Treasury. Now he will lead the CFPB, the federal consumer watchdog, at least for a time. "I ...

The missive appeared to herald a stark shift to come at the CFPB, which Congress formed in the wake of the 2008 banking crisis to protect consumers from unfair, deceptive or predatory financial ...

In an email, Bessent instructed the CFPB staff to stop working on enforcement actions and to suspend the effective dates for rules not yet in effect. That follows the ouster of Biden appointee ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is now the acting head of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to a person familiar with the matter, signaling a potential shift away from the ...

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." During his ...

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