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Press release

Published MAY 06, 2024

CFPB actúa contra empresas por fallas con préstamos estudiantiles | CFPB

CFPB actuó contra National Collegiate Student Loan Trusts y Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, por fallas an administración de préstamos estudiantiles.

Press release

Published MAY 01, 2024

CFPB Highlights the Hidden Costs of Health Savings Accounts

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today released a report detailing the complex costs and fees that many consumers with health savings accounts are forced to pay.

Press release

Published MAY 01, 2024

CFPB alerta sobre costos ocultos de cuentas para salud

CFPB emite reporte detallando los complejos costos y tarifas que consumidores que tienen cuentas de ahorros para gastos de salud son forzados a pagar.

Press release

Published APR 30, 2024

CFPB: consumidores pagan más por estructuras de precios complejas | CFPB

La CFPB emite un nuevo informe que sugiere que los consumidores tienden a pagar más por productos que tienen estructuras de precios más complejas.

Press release

Published APR 30, 2024

CFPB Publishes Research Finding Higher Price Complexity Leads Consumers to Pay More

The CFPB issued a new report that suggests consumers tend to pay more for products that have more complex pricing structures.

Press release

Published APR 29, 2024

CFPB: 15 millones tienen facturas médicas en sus informes de crédito

CFPB publica reporte mostrando que hay 15 millones de personas que todavía tienen facturas médicas en sus informes de crédito, a pesar de cambios efectuados en sus procesos por Equifax, Experian y TransUnion.

Press release

Published APR 29, 2024

CFPB Finds 15 Million Americans Have Medical Bills on Their Credit Reports

The CFPB today released research showing that 15 million Americans still have medical bills on their credit reports despite changes by Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion.

Press release

Published APR 24, 2024

CFPB actúa contra tarifas ilegales en hipotecas

CFPB publica una edición de su Reporte de Supervisión descibriendo sus acciones para combatir tarifas inesperadas cobradas por administradores de hipotecas.

Press release

Published APR 24, 2024

CFPB Takes Action to Stop Illegal Junk Fees in Mortgage Servicing

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an edition of Supervisory Highlights describing the agency’s actions to combat junk fees charged by mortgage servicers.

Press release

Published APR 17, 2024

CFPB Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred for Deceiving Students and Hiding Loan Costs

The CFPB issued an order against BloomTech and its CEO for deceiving students about the cost of loans and making false claims about graduates’ hiring rates.

Press release

Published APR 17, 2024

CFPB toma acción contra BloomTech y Austen Allred

CFPB demanda al centro de entrenamiento intensivo BloomTech y a su gerente general Austen Allred, por ocultar costos de préstamos y engañar a sus estudiantes sobre índices de empleo.

Press release

Published APR 16, 2024

CFPB Updates Supervision Designation Procedures

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a procedural rule to update how the agency designates a nonbank for supervision.

Supervision

Press release

Published APR 08, 2024

CFPB Finds Violations of Credit Report Accuracy Requirements, Including for Survivors of Human Trafficking

The CFPB today published an edition of Supervisory Highlights to share key findings from recent examinations about continuing accuracy problems in the credit reporting system.

Press release

Published APR 08, 2024

CFPB revela violaciones a requisitos de reporte de crédito

CFPB publica edición de su Reporte de Supervisión mostrando datos claves encontrados en evaluaciones recientes sobre los continuos problemas con la exactitud del sistema de reporte del crédito.

Press release

Published APR 05, 2024

CFPB Finds Americans are Paying Upfront Fees Seeking to Lower Interest Rates on Mortgages

The CFPB issued a new report today finding that more borrowers paid “discount points” upfront as overall interest rates rose.

Press release

Published APR 05, 2024

CFPB revela que se están pagando tarifas para reducir tasas de interés

CFPB publica nuevo reporte donde revela que más prestatarios pagaron por “punto de descuento” mientras las tasas de interés aumentan.

Press release

Published APR 04, 2024

Reporte de CFPB Identifica Riesgos en Video Juegos

La CFPB emite reporte examinando el crecimiento del comercio digital dentro de juegos de videos y mundos virtuales online.

Press release

Published APR 04, 2024

CFPB Report Identifies Financial and Privacy Risks to Consumers in Video Gaming Marketplaces

The CFPB issued a report examining the growth of digital commerce in online video games and virtual worlds.

Press release

Published MAR 27, 2024

CFPB Toma Acción para Detener Falsa Promesas de Transferencias Internacionales de Dinero “Gratis”

La CFPB les advierte a los proveedores de transferencias de remesas no hacer falsas declaraciones sobre el costo y la velocidad de sus servicios.

Press release

Published MAR 27, 2024

CFPB Takes Action to Halt False Claims of 'Free' International Money Transfers

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a new circular warning remittance transfer providers that false advertising about the cost or speed of sending a remittance transfer can violate federal law.

Press release

Published MAR 26, 2024

CFPB Joins Federal and State Agencies in Coordinated Statements on Tech & Enforcement

Today, a number of federal and state agencies released agency-specific action statements on tech capacity.

Technologist

Press release

Published MAR 26, 2024

2023 HMDA Data on Mortgage Lending Now Available

The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (or "HMDA") Modified Loan Application Register (or "LAR") data for 2023 are now available on the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council’s (or "FFIEC") HMDA Platform for HMDA filers.

Press release

Published MAR 05, 2024

CFPB Prohíbe el Cobro de Excesivas Penalidades por Atraso en Tarjetas de Crédito, la Tarifa Típica Baja de $32 a $8

La CFPB finalizó hoy una normativa que corta el cobro de excesivas penalidades por atraso en tarjetas de crédito al cerrar un vacío legal, explotado por los grandes emisores de las mismas.

Press release

Published MAR 05, 2024

CFPB Bans Excessive Credit Card Late Fees, Lowers Typical Fee from $32 to $8

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ) finalized a rule today to cut excessive credit card late fees by closing a loophole exploited by large card issuers.

Press release

Published FEB 29, 2024

CFPB Emite Directrices para Regir los Resultados Arreglados de Comparaciones de Tarjetas de Crédito y Otros Productos Financieros

CFPB explica como las compañías que operan herramientas de comparación de productos financieros, pueden violar la ley cuando favorecen a ciertos productos o prestamistas, porque reciben comisiones por ello.