For all of you faced with student loan payments and crafting New Year’s resolutions to conquer your debt, we’ve put together some tips to help you navigate through the noise.
In the next few months most U.S. households will be filing their tax returns. The holidays are over and it's worth taking a few minutes now to think ahead...
The holiday season provides a particularly good opportunity to reach kids with some basic money attitudes. Your children absorb what you say and what you...
Our investigation found that the companies illegally filed thousands of lawsuits in Virginia against consumers who didn't live or purchase goods there: over...
Today, we're releasing a report that looks at deals between financial institutions and colleges to market credit cards to students. This year we found that...
We believe that consumers are more likely to save if they have access to the right tools. Today, we're announcing that, as part of Project Catalyst, we'll...
Today, we held a field hearing on medical debt collection in Oklahoma City, OK. The hearing featured remarks from Director Richard Cordray, as well as...
An estimated 43 million Americans are dealing with medical debt. Debt collection is the top complaint we’ve received since September 2013 and medical collections make up 52 percent of collection accounts on credit reports, far outpacing all other types of debt. Learn more about how you can keep medical debt in check.
Since September 2013, debt collection has been the top complaint at the CFPB. A staggering 52 percent of all collection accounts on credit reports are...
For those people not familiar with our role, we are an independent, impartial, and confidential resource that assists consumers and companies in informally resolving issues with the CFPB.
Today, we're posting a semi-annual update of our rulemaking agenda in conjunction with a broader initiative led by OMB to publish a Unified Agenda of...
Since the Mortgage Servicing Rules went into effect, we've spent a lot of time talking to consumer advocacy groups, housing counselors, mortgage servicers...
Today, we're reminding lenders that placing unnecessary documentation requirements on recipients of Social Security disability income, including disabled...
We encourage all consumers to check their credit report regularly, but we want to especially encourage veterans who use this benefit to be sure that their...
We're proposing new disclosure requirements that consumers would receive before deciding to open a prepaid account. Currently, each prepaid card company's...
Today, we're holding a field hearing on prepaid accounts Wilmington, Delaware. The event will feature remarks from Director Richard Cordray, as well as...
We're working to reach more people with our services and information, and we could use your help. We're proposing a Language Access Plan, as part of our...
Our new report summarizes complaints from private student loan borrowers about difficulties faced when working with a lender or servicer to avoid default...
Nearly a year ago, we issued the TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule. Many of you know this work as Know Before You Owe and we've been talking about it...