On January 31, 2025, the CFPB announced President Donald Trump had appointed Scott Bessent as Acting Director of the CFPB. In ...

Hood, who chaired the National Credit Union Administration from 2019 until 2021, has been selected by Treasury Secretary ...

There is no evidence Bessent made the X post attributed to him. The account shown has been suspended, and no credible news reports support the claim.

The decision came after Vice President JD Vance and then President Donald Trump backed the reinstatement of the staffer, ...

The Treasury Department is appointing an ally of billionaire Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service to a senior position in the ...

Time will tell what Trump has in store for the CFPB. For now, consumers can still access the bureau’s many educational ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, agreed to temporarily halt enforcement ...

Democratic lawmakers are seeking a Treasury Department investigation of the access that Elon Musk’s team was given to the government’s payment system, citing “threats<a class="excerpt-read-more" href= ...

The agency's operations have been paused, and it will likely be restructured and refocused. Industry experts weigh in on what ...

The February jobs report reveals the economy added 143,000 jobs, continuing a hiring trend but falling short of analysts' ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were bailed out by the government during the housing crisis nearly 17 years ago. The Trump ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is currently serving as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), emailed staff ...