A new logo for the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection graces the wall at the agency's headquarters in Washington. Acting Director Mick Mulvaney has embraced the formal name of the agency, rather than "Consumer Financial Protection Bureau," or CFPB. Credit: C. Ryan Barber / National Law Journal Updated at 4:22 p.m. described in 2013 recent media reports is out of the running co-wrote a paper op-ed in the Wall Street Journal Neomi Rao Update: This report was updated to note developments on the candidacy of J. Mark McWatters. Read more: Is NCUA's Mark McWatters Still in the Running for CFPB Director? Gibson Dunn's Ted Olson Puts New Squeeze on Consumer Bureau Apple's First-Ever CFPB Lobbying Focuses on Mobile Payments Mick Mulvaney's CFPB Drops Case Against Mortgage Lender PHH Corp. Financial Industry Pushes for More Secrecy at Mulvaney's Consumer Bureau Three Things Companies Hate About the CFPB's Investigative Demands