Yet in McKernan, the Trump administration has nominated a veteran financial regulator with a deep understanding of housing finance issues and a streak of “old school conservatism,” Washington ...

Employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) believe that newly appointed director Jonathan McKernan will lay off almost all of its roughly 1,700 staff in an effort to “carry out ...

“McKernan has been an advisor at the Treasury Department while awaiting Senate confirmation to lead the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection,” Treasury said in a statement. “During that ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday dropped five major legal cases it had underway — including a big lawsuit against Capital One — marking a major reversal for an agency that ...

(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump intends to nominate attorney Jonathan McKernan as the Treasury Department’s head of domestic finance, a surprise move given he was previously tapped to run ...

A Senate banking panel voted on Thursday to advance President Donald Trump's nomination of former regulator Jonathan McKernan to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...

Jonathan McKernan is expected to be tapped for a Treasury Department post instead after waiting for months for the full Senate to take up his consumer bureau nomination. By Stacy Cowley President ...