Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called for a halt on most of the CFPB's work. It could impact rules on overdraft fees, ...

The consumer watchdog agency was formed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. Elon Musk wants to “delete” it.

Russell Vought, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new acting director, ordered staff to stop all work and closed the ...

Vought said Saturday he notified the Federal Reserve the CFPB will not receive its next draw of federal funding—claiming it’s ...

In a quick, one-week succession following U.S. Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent’s appointment as acting director of the Consumer ...

The decision to shutter the office comes less than 24 hours after Trump's acting CFPB chief suspended all activities.

President Donald Trump has made Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection ...

Russell Vought took over as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Friday night and officials from ...

President Trump's shake-up of the CFPB continues. Here's a timeline of everything that's happened at the bureau since Trump's ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent belatedly slipped a protection for Big Tech firms, and in particular Elon Musk’s X, into his ...

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

Democrats are calling on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cancel his stop work order for the Consumer Financial Protection ...