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We are working hard on our commitment to grow our relationships with community representatives across the nation.

We are working hard on our commitment to grow our relationships with state and local government partners.

Mark your calendar to join the Bureau for a day-long symposium exploring challenges many consumers face in accessing credit.

As part of the Bureau’s commitment to engage stakeholders in active dialogue about key issues, the Bureau recently held three roundtables to gather feedback about the Requests for Information the Bureau recently issued.

Scammers are constantly finding new ways to steal money from their victims, and anyone can potentially be a target. The Bureau has online resources to help consumers prevent, recognize, and report scams and fraud.

This week the Bureau begins the process of transforming the Bureau’s Stakeholder Outreach and Engagement work, which includes transitioning from former modes of outreach, to a new strategy to increase high quality feedback. Earlier this year, the Bureau put out a Request for Information (RFI) on External Affairs’ (EA) external engagements.

We are proud to unveil a new seal for the Bureau that aligns us with official seals of other federal financial services regulators.

This advisory group provides us with information about emerging trends and practices in the consumer financial marketplace. Apply today to become a member.

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) offers an honors attorney fellowship program that gives exceptional law students and recent graduates an opportunity to hone their legal skills while serving the American people. Today, we’re announcing that this fellowship, formerly known as the Louis D. Brandeis Honors Attorney Program, will be renamed the Joseph Story Honors Attorney Program.

Last week, CFPB Director Richard Cordray sent a letter to the CEO’s of several banks, credit unions, and financial companies encouraging them to enable consumers to exert greater control over their credit cards, debit cards, and other payment methods.

We are inviting our stakeholders to comment on CFPB’s draft strategic plan for FY2018-2022 which establishes our mission, strategic goals, and objectives.

Want to build the financial well-being of people in your community? Apply to join other organizations from across the country in the 2018 Your Money, Your Goals cohort.

Learn about our work over the past six years to create new consumer financial protections and provide resources to help people make informed financial decisions.

Our division of Supervision, Enforcement, and Fair Lending works to create a level playing field in financial markets and to help ensure fairness for consumers.

These organizations will receive training and technical assistance on how to use the Your Money, Your Goals financial empowerment materials.

A look at the CFPB’s fair lending focus in the new year.

This Veterans Day, the CFPB would like to recognize veterans, both within the Bureau and nationwide, to thank them for their service.

The Office of Financial Empowerment is requesting Letters of Interest from organizations who wish to join the 2017 Your Money, Your Goals cohort.

What 1 million complaints – and people from all over the U.S. – tell us about the financial marketplace.

Take control of your financial life with these ten tools that can help you make choices at the grocery store, pay your credit card bill, and deal with debt...

Learn about the five financial products and services we've received the most complaints about in the last 5 years. Check out the resources we've created to...

Join us for a field hearing in Sacramento, Calif., about debt collection.  The hearing will take place on Thursday, July 28 at 11 a.m. PDT.

In the past five years, we have written rules, enforced laws and, supervised banks and other financial companies, while at the same time creating resources...

Join the CFPB's Consumer Advisory Board for a meeting with Director Cordray where we will discuss an auto lending education initiative, trends and themes...

Today we are proud to launch a new set of updates for consumerfinance.gov. These changes will help users quickly and easily browse the vast range of...