Trump names Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Donald Trump has tasked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent with serving as the acting director of the Consumer ...
Consumer protections halted as Treasury Secretary takes over acting bureau role
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is now the acting head of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, signaling a potential ...
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent named acting director of consumer watchdog agency
Scott Bessent, the Treasury Secretary, has been tapped by President Trump to be acting director of the Consumer Financial ...
Bessent tapped to be acting consumer bureau chief
Republicans have long criticized the bureau, which they see as an unaccountable regulator with too broad a reach.
Trump taps Bessent to lead consumer bureau as GOP plots big changes
President Trump has tapped Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the acting chief of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). “I look forward to working with the CFPB to advance President ...
Ted Cruz Leads Republican Charge to Defund Consumer-Protection Agency
The CFPB—tasked to protect consumers from unfair banking practices—was created by Democrats in the wake of the 2008 financial ...