Dismantling the CFPB would turn the consumer finance world into the 'wild, wild west,' its former director says
Richard Cordray, the first director of the CFPB, told BI that Elon Musk's call to dismantle the agency is a 'direct conflict ...
Shutting down CFPB ‘begging for another financial crisis’: Former director
Rohit Chopra, the former director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), argued Monday that shutting down the ...
Really worried CFPB scale down will be unfair for many, says former CFPB director Rohit Chopra
Rohit Chopra, former CFPB director, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss Chopra's absence from the CFPB, how the economy ended up ...
White House plans to nominate McKernan as CFPB director amid agency upheaval
The White House also plans to nominate Jonathan Gould as head of the OCC, and Brian Quintenz as chairman of the Commodity ...
2 top CFPB officials resign after Trump, Musk target U.S. consumer protection agency
Two top officials in the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau resigned Tuesday as the Trump administration takes aim the ...
What does having the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on hold mean for consumers?
NEW YORK (AP) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Congress established to monitor credit card companies, ...
CFPB's new leadership begins staff purge with dozens of employees terminated
The terminations have sowed more confusion at the bureau; several of those being laid off had already accepted federal buyout offers, said a person familiar.
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CFPB ordered to pause work and congressional Democrats react
On January 31, the CFPB announced Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the Acting Director. As previously covered by InfoBytes, Bessent sent an ...
Trump picks Jonathan McKernan to lead CFPB amid shake-up
Jonathan McKernan's nomination to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau comes after the firing of Rohit Chopra.
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CFPB orders workers to stay home; union responds with two lawsuits
On February 9, the CFPB ordered approximately 1,700 employees to stay home after Acting Director Russ Vought instructed the agency to halt ...
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Former CFPB director says Trump ‘begging for another financial crisis’ by closing agency
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has been shut down by President Trump, at least for this week and possibly much longer. The agency, created by Congress after the 2008 financial crisis, has ...
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New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Acting Director Expands Freeze to All CFPB Activities; CFPB Office Closes
We previously reported that Treasury Secretary Bessent was named as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection ...