The remarks came during a two-hour gathering between the Treasury secretary and GOP members of the House Financial Services ...

The secretary replaces Rohit Chopra, who had aggressively sought to expand the bureau’s authority over banks and other ...

T he Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was told to cease operations on Monday shortly after President Donald Trump ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a consumer watchdog agency formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Elon ...

CFPB staff was told to refrain from issuing public communications, halt activities including rules and settlements and ...

In an email sent from acting director Scott Bessent, employees were told to pause all work related to issuing rules, ...

In a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions ...

President Trump has tapped Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the acting chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren demanded answers following reports that billionaire Elon Musk took access to the nation's finance ...

Days after his Senate confirmation, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has paid $12.5 million for a historic mansion in ...

The staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was instructed by email to cease much of its work. Bessent, a wealthy ...

Bessent, 62, is a longtime hedge fund manager, Trump donor and adviser. He'll be the point person for Trump on a host of key ...