On January 31, the CFPB announced Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the Acting Director. As previously covered by InfoBytes, Bessent sent an ...

On February 9, the CFPB ordered approximately 1,700 employees to stay home after Acting Director Russ Vought instructed the agency to halt ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the latest U.S. government agency to have its work halted by the Trump ...

Former officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Elon Musk’s payment-business aspirations were driving his ...

In the midst of numerous dismissals and resignations at the Bureau this week, President Trump has nominated Jonathan McKernan ...

The acting leader is a co-author of the conservative playbook in which a former Fannie Mae and HUD director calls for abolishing the regulator.

The salvo came hours after Russell Vought, the White House budget chief appointed acting CFPB director by President Trump, ...

The acting director is closing the financial regulator’s headquarters and has ordered staff to halt all supervisory efforts.

Regulatory experts weigh in on what Russell Vought’s decision to shut off CFPB funding means for the enforcement of RESPA and ...

Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought, a longtime budget hawk, took control of the agency on Friday. He is the architect of the ...

Here's what you need to know about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau with its future uncertain in the second Trump administration.

Within approximately 48 hours, starting on the evening of Friday, February 7, 2025, the trajectory of the Consumer Financial ...