Trump nominates CFTC, OCC, and CFPB heads

Nominated agency heads promise deregulation and rulemaking clarity.

President Donald Trump has nominated Jonathan McKernan as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Jonathan Gould as the Comptroller of the Currency, and Brian Quintenz as Commodities and Futures Trading Commission Chair.

Quintenz will lead a CFTC opening its mind to crypto, while McKernan will oversee a moribund CFPB

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