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At the CFPB

Published NOV 08, 2012

Crowdsourcing in action: A view into the CFPB’s first advisory board and council meetings

In order to make sure our work is informed by different perspectives, we gather input in many different ways. One of the ways in which we have started to...

By CFPB Web Team

Consumer Advisory Board

At the CFPB

Published OCT 24, 2012

Live from Seattle, WA!

We were in Seattle, WA today for a field hearing on debt collection. Today's live event has ended. If you missed the event, CFPB Director Richard Cordray...

Debt collection

At the CFPB

Published OCT 23, 2012

New York City students and recent graduates: Join us on October 26th.

Whether you're an undergraduate, recent grad or grad student, we want you to bring your skills and drive here. As a growing agency, we're looking to bring...

At the CFPB Policy and compliance

Published OCT 12, 2012

Remittance Rule Session

Updated on August 8, 2013: The remittance rule goes into effect October 28, 2013. Visit the remittance rule page for additional information regarding the...

By CFPB Web Team

At the CFPB

Published OCT 10, 2012

Save the date, Seattle, Washington!

Join us for a field hearing in Seattle, Washington on debt collection. The field hearing will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, at 10 a.m at the...

By Zixta Q Martinez

Debt collection

At the CFPB

Published SEP 27, 2012

Live from St. Louis, MO!

We were in Missouri today to hold our first Consumer Advisory Board meeting. Today's live events have now ended. You can read CFPB Director Richard...

Consumer Advisory Board

At the CFPB

Published SEP 25, 2012

What do you think about our draft strategic plan for the next five years?

We have an expansive, vital mission: to make markets for consumer financial products and services work for Americans. But, how do we do that with limited...

By CFPB Web Team

Open government

At the CFPB

Published SEP 19, 2012

Save the date, St. Louis, MO!

Join us for the inaugural meeting of our new Consumer Advisory Board in St. Louis, Missouri. The meeting will take place on Thursday, September 27, 2012, at...

At the CFPB Policy and compliance

Published AUG 13, 2012

Your chance to weigh in on mortgage servicing

Your opinion is important – weigh in now. As we talked about on Friday, the Bureau is trying to put the customer service back in mortgage servicing. We are...

By CFPB Web Team

At the CFPB Policy and compliance

Published AUG 02, 2012

Open for amicus suggestions

In the past eight months, we've filed six amicus briefs – also known as "friend-of-the-court" briefs – in cases about federal consumer financial protection...

By Meredith Fuchs

At the CFPB Policy and compliance

Published JUL 31, 2012

Explainer: Why did it take 1,099 pages to propose a three-page mortgage disclosure?

Dear CFPB, Recently, I saw your notice of proposed rulemaking to combine and simplify existing mortgage disclosures. It's 1,099 pages long! Why does it take...

By CFPB Mortgage Disclosure Team

At the CFPB Info for consumers

Published JUL 18, 2012

Pushing forward on the CFPB’s financial aid comparison tool

This past year, we've been working with the Department of Education on a project to help colleges provide clear and comparable financial aid information...

By CFPB Web Team

At the CFPB

Published JUL 16, 2012

Live from Detroit, MI!

For the first time, consumer reporting agencies will be subject to a federal supervision program. We made the announcement at a field hearing in Detroit...

At the CFPB

Published JUL 11, 2012

Save the date, Detroit, Michigan!

We invite you to participate in a field hearing on credit reporting on Monday, July 16, 2012. The field hearing will feature remarks from Director Richard...

At the CFPB Policy and compliance

Published JUL 06, 2012

Know Before You Owe: How we learned to build a better mortgage disclosure

This is the post second in a series. Yesterday, we looked at the origins of the Know Before You Owe project for simplifying mortgages. Today, we look back...

By CFPB Mortgage Disclosure Team

At the CFPB Info for consumers

Published JUL 05, 2012

Working together to empower consumers

In my first blog post I wrote that part of our work in the Office of Financial Empowerment is connecting with people and organizations around the country...

By Cliff Rosenthal

At the CFPB

Published JUN 21, 2012

Design+Technology Fellows: Changing the way government works

Technology and innovation are fundamental to the ability of this 21st-century agency to achieve our consumer protection mission. That's why we're launching...

By Chris Willey

At the CFPB Policy and compliance

Published JUN 06, 2012

New rules governing the CFPB’s enforcement work

Today, the CFPB is posting three final rules and one interim final rule that we have sent to the Federal Register for publication. The rules deal with our...

By Ori Lev

At the CFPB Policy and compliance

Published MAY 24, 2012

Protecting the public’s trust

We would be hard pressed to ensure that markets for consumer financial products and services are fair, transparent and competitive without the trust of...

By Richard Lepley

Open government

At the CFPB Policy and compliance

Published MAY 23, 2012

Live from Durham, NC!

On May 23rd, we visited Durham, NC, to hold a field hearing on general purpose reloadable prepaid cards, commonly known as prepaid cards. In concert with...

Prepaid cards

At the CFPB

Published MAY 18, 2012

Empowering America’s consumers

Last week, I joined the Bureau as Assistant Director of the Office of Financial Empowerment, which is part of our Division of Consumer Education and...

By Cliff Rosenthal

At the CFPB

Published MAY 17, 2012

Save the date, Durham, NC!

The Bureau invites you to participate in a field hearing in Durham, North Carolina on prepaid cards. The field hearing will take place on Wednesday, May 23...

At the CFPB

Published APR 30, 2012

Continuing our promise of diversity

Today is my first day as the Director of the Office of Minority and Women Inclusion at the CFPB. I'm coming to the CFPB after serving nine years at the U.S...

By Stuart Ishimaru

At the CFPB Policy and compliance

Published APR 25, 2012

Join us in Cleveland and New York: We’re recruiting a 21st century supervision workforce

Since we opened for business on July 21, 2011, we have been building our supervision team. On Friday, April 27 in Cleveland and Friday, May 4 in New York...

By Steve Antonakes and Peggy Twohig

Personnel

At the CFPB

Published APR 17, 2012

Something Good in Memphis

Last week, I had the good fortune to spend two full days in Memphis, Tennessee, with my friend and colleague, Holly Petraeus, who heads the CFPB's Office of...

By Skip Humphrey