Deep search
Search
Copilot
Images
Videos
Maps
News
Shopping
More
Flights
Travel
Hotels
Notebook
Top stories
Sports
U.S.
Local
World
Science
Technology
Entertainment
Business
More
Politics
Any time
Past hour
Past 24 hours
Past 7 days
Past 30 days
Best match
Most recent
CFPB halts work
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.
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.
Scott Bessent Halts CFPB Activities in First Move as Acting Consumer Watchdog
In a decisive first action as the newly appointed acting head of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has ordered an immediate halt to nearly all pending activities within the agency.
Bessent to Temporarily Lead CFPB
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 in Secretary of the Department of the Treasury Scott Bessent to simultaneously lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in an acting capacity.
Bessent to Temporarily Lead CFPB After Chopra’s Ouster
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is now the acting head of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to a person familiar with the matter, signaling a potential shift away from the aggressive enforcement and regulatory approach under Rohit Chopra.
Chopra leaves CFPB in widely expected move
President Donald Trump designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the bureau’s acting chief, according to a statement posted to the agency’s website.
3h
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 ...
American Banker
13h
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 ...
HousingWire
10h
New CFPB director Bessent orders agency to stop working
In his first official action as acting director of the CFPB, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ordered staffers to stop ...
8h
on MSN
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 ...
JD Supra
11h
Breaking Down a New Day at the CFPB
After weeks of emptying the shelves at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with dozens of enforcement actions, new rules, ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Related topics
Donald Trump
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Rohit Chopra
United States Secretary of the Treasury
Feedback