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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has a new acting director, none other than Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.The news was announced today after the firing of…

Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg UPDATE: This article includes the result of the Senate vote.The Senate has voted to confirm Scott Bessent, billionaire hedge fund manager, as Treasury Secretary.…

The United States Treasury Department building in Washington, D.C.getty Eight years ago, in December of 2016, the IRS issued the ill-fated first set of reporting requirements…

Sunset at the Treasury Departmentgetty Eight years after issuing the ill-fated Notice 2016-66, the U.S. Treasury has released its final regulations relating to so-called “microcaptive transactions”.…

President-elect Donald Trump has announced members of his senior leadership team at the Treasury Department, who’ll work alongside Scott Bessent, his pick for secretary. Ken Kies will…

Many aspects of the cybersecurity breach the Treasury Department recently disclosed are alarming: the fact that hackers broke in through a tool meant to keep bad…

The U.S. Treasury Department was hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor through a third-party software service provider, according to a letter the agency sent to Congress…

Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury secretary, on a tour of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in Vienna, Virginia, on Jan. 8, 2024.Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesAn…

Treasury yields were slightly higher early Friday after a mixed set of data on weekly jobless claims.The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury was 3 basis points…

Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury secretary, on a tour of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in Vienna, Virginia, on Jan. 8, 2024.Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe…