Your two cents on student cards and bank accounts
Today, we're launching an initiative on student cards and bank accounts and we want your input. We've published a Notice and Request for Information...
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Paying for college [beta]
Americans owe more than a trillion dollars in student loan debt. That's more than we owe on credit cards, more than we owe on car loans – and it's still...
VA trademarks ‘GI Bill’ to shield vets from deceptive marketing
An important step to ensure that servicemembers and veterans are not seen simply as "dollar signs in uniform." We continue to work with federal and state...
The CFPB’s summer internships: “it gave me the specific experience I needed”
We're recruiting summer interns for our Pathways Program again. If you're interested in the mission of the CFPB, read the full posting to learn more and...
The CFPB’s summer internships: “part of something special”
We're recruiting summer interns for our Pathways Program again. If you're interested in the mission of the CFPB, read the full posting to learn more and...
The CFPB’s summer internships: “a unique and exciting combination of purpose and circumstances”
We're recruiting summer interns for our Pathways Program again. If you're interested in the mission of the CFPB, read the full posting to learn more and...
The CFPB’s summer internships: “one of the best opportunities in government”
It's time to recruit summer interns for our Pathways Program again. If you're interested in the mission of the CFPB, read the full posting to learn more and...
More than 500 colleges agree to adopt financial aid shopping sheet
Cross posted from the Department of Education. We were proud to work with the Department of Education on this Know Before You Owe Project. By Arne Duncan I...
Launching the college credit card agreement database
Recently we released the 2012 Annual Report to Congress on College Credit Card Agreements, as well as a database where you can read individual agreements...
The next front? Student loan servicing and the cost to our men and women in uniform
Today, I joined the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon to announce a report about the servicing obstacles that servicemembers face in paying off student...
Student Banking 101
Choosing your first bank account is an important decision. Unlike that first school ID photo, your first banking relationship could last long after you...
Research updates on private student loans
Last month, we released a report to Congress with the Department of Education on the private student market. This report helped shed light on how the...
Meet Julio from Florida
Since we launched on July 21st 2011, we've heard directly from consumers about the challenges they face in the marketplace, brought their concerns to the...
Falling behind on your student loans? Know your options.
At the Bureau, we are working to understand the impact of the recession on young consumers and to learn more about what increasing levels of student debt...
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...
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...
Thousands of voices on private student loans
This past winter, we issued a Request for Information to hear about people's experiences with private student loans. We have now published the nearly 2,000...
Accountability in military education
On April 27th, the President signs an executive order instructing several departments to take steps to ensure that servicemembers, veterans and their...
Paying for College: Help us make it easier for you to choose
April is a time when students and their families anxiously await their college acceptance letters. But for families across the country, the good news of...
Too Big to Fail: Student debt hits a trillion
Recently, we undertook what we understand is the first major effort to understand the size of the private student loan market. This market went through the...
Our student loan complaint system is open for business
If you have a complaint about student loans, we are ready to hear from you. For the first time, a single agency is now responsible for watching out for all...
Your thoughts on private student loans
The Consumer Bureau has been busy when it comes to student loans. We worked with the Department of Education to launch our Know Before You Owe: Student...
Your feedback on Know Before You Owe: Student Loans
Earlier this week, we issued a memorandum to consumers and industry participants who submitted comments on our Know Before You Owe: Student Loans project...
Chime in on private student loans
For the last month, student loans have kept us pretty busy. We released our Student Debt Repayment Assistant to help borrowers understand their options when...
Know Before You Owe: Let’s tackle student loans
We started Know Before You Owe several months ago to make mortgage disclosure forms easy to understand and easy to compare. The idea was and is that people...