Staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed by email to cease much of their work. Bessent, a wealthy ...

Insufficient funds transactions occur when consumers issue a payment order (a check, some other written order or an electronic debit) against funds ...

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

The halt means the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will cease crafting regulations or enforcing any rules or investigations.

Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, has been tapped by President Trump to be acting director of the Consumer Financial ...

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces uncertainty as acting director, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, halts activities under directives from President Trump. The move follows the ...

Treasure Secretary Scott Bessent has been named the Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the ...

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

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.

President Donald Trump has fired Rohit Chopra, the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), marking the ...

President Donald Trump designated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the bureau’s acting chief, according to a statement ...