Chopra resigns as CFPB director, concluding a tenure marked by aggressive regulation and scrutiny of the company.
Rohit Chopra, director of the Shopper Monetary Safety Bureau (CFPB), on Saturday introduced his departure from the company, which has confronted criticism from Republicans and others over claims of regulatory overreach, together with constitutional challenges to its existence.
“We’ve led efforts throughout the federal government to cease the scourge of junk charges in banking and throughout sectors of the financial system, to tame the dangerous impacts of medical payments riddled with errors, and to restrict the creep of surveillance by information brokers that places our delicate information within the palms of international adversaries,” Chopra wrote.
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to a request for clarification on whether or not Chopra had been fired by Trump and whether or not the president plans to nominate an interim director earlier than nominating Chopra’s substitute for the place, which is topic to Senate affirmation.
Since its inception in 2011, Republicans have seen the CFPB as an overreaching and unaccountable company. Chopra, a detailed ally of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), was recognized for his aggressive regulatory agenda, which the subsequent director is prone to evaluation.
“Below Rohit Chopra’s management, the CFPB is holding Wall Avenue accountable for dishonest hard-working households and stopping the de-banking of Individuals throughout the nation, together with shoppers locked out of the monetary system because of overdraft charges, spiritual organizations, and conservatives,” Warren wrote.
Echoing the place expressed in Chopra’s letter that the CFPB’s mission aligns with a few of Trump’s goals, Warren warned in opposition to efforts to dismantle the company.
“President Trump campaigned on capping bank card rates of interest at 10 [percent] and decreasing prices for Individuals,” she wrote. “He wants a robust CFPB and a robust CFPB Director to try this. But when President Trump and Republicans determine to cower to Wall Avenue billionaires and destroy the company, they’ll have a battle on their palms.”
Chopra’s departure comes amid long-standing authorized and political battles over the CFPB’s authority, with critics concentrating on its management construction and its position in regulating the monetary trade.