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Category: Report Consumer voices on credit reports and scores
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director Steven Antonakes at The Exchequer Club
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Proposal To Facilitate Access To Credit In Rural And Underserved Areas
Category: Report Financial well-being: The goal of financial education
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Nearly Half of Borrowers Do Not Shop for a Mortgage
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Loopholes In Military Lending Act Rules Rack Up Costs For Servicemembers
Category: Blog Seven ways to keep medical debt in check
Category: Report Consumer credit reports: A study of medical and non-medical collections
Category: Blog Here’s how medical debt hurts your credit report
Category: Press release CFPB Spotlights Concerns with Medical Debt Collection and Reporting
Category: Press release CFPB Provides Guidance to Help Lenders Avoid Discrimination Against Consumers Receiving Disability Income
Category: Blog Veterans: Take advantage of student loan forgiveness, but don’t let it damage your credit
Category: Report Study of Prepaid Account Agreements
Category: Report Summary of Findings: Design and Testing of Prepaid Card Fee Disclosures
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Fall 2014
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at University of Michigan Law School
Category: Press release CFPB Finalizes Minor Changes to Mortgage Rules to Ensure Access to Credit
Category: Press release CFPB Report Finds Distressed Private Student Loan Borrowers Driven Into Default
Category: Speech CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s Prepared Lecture on Economic Rights as Civil Rights at Michigan State University
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against M&T Bank for Deceptively Advertising Free Checking
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at Forum on Access to Checking Accounts
Category: Blog Encontrando la ayuda que necesitas, en el idioma que entiendes – La historia de Higinio
Category: Blog Getting the help you need, in the language you understand – Higinio’s story
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Statement on Department of Defense Proposal to Amend Military Lending Act Rule
Category: Blog We can help you fight improper actions by debt collectors: Venida’s story
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2014
Category: Report Using publicly available information to proxy for unidentified race and ethnicity
Category: Blog National City Bank settlement administrator will contact eligible borrowers soon
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Auto Finance Company for Distorting Borrower Credit Reports
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Association of Military Banks of America
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Checking account overdraft
Category: Report Consumer Response: A snapshot of complaints received
Category: Blog Ensuring equal treatment for same-sex married couples
Category: Office of Research Publication Report on the use of remittance histories in credit scoring
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the GE Capital Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders GE Capital to Pay $225 Million in Consumer Relief for Deceptive and Discriminatory Credit Card Practices
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Mobile Request for Information Field Hearing
Category: Press release CFPB Launches Inquiry Into Mobile Financial Services
Category: Press release CFPB Study Finds Medical Debt Overly Penalizes Consumer Credit Scores
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Medical Debt Study Press Call
Category: Office of Research Publication Data point: Medical debt and credit scores
Category: Blog How to protect vulnerable children from credit reporting problems
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Tools To Protect Foster Care Children From Credit Reporting Problems
Category: Press release Statement of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on BMO Harris Auto Lending Policy
Category: Report Fair Lending Report 2013
Category: Blog Our work on fair lending
Category: Report 2013 Office of Minority and Women Inclusion annual report
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Greenlining Institute’s Economic Summit
Category: Report No FEAR Act annual report
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Payday lending
Category: Speech Director Richard Cordray Remarks at the Payday Field Hearing
Category: Press release CFPB Finds Four Out Of Five Payday Loans Are Rolled Over Or Renewed
Category: Press release Consumers Report Being Hounded About Debts Not Owed
Category: Speech Deputy Director Steve Antonakes Remarks at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition Annual Conference
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Deputy Director Antonakes at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 2014 Banking Outlook Conference
Category: Report Credit reporting complaint snapshot
Category: Blog Now you have better options to dispute a credit report error
Category: Press release CFPB Calls on Top Credit Card Companies to Make Credit Scores Available to Consumers
Category: Speech Deputy Director Steven Antonakes Remarks at the Mortgage Bankers Association
Category: Blog What sunshine for student financial products can show us
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Blog What’s the deal with health care credit cards? Four things you should know
Category: Report Rigorous evaluation of financial capability strategies: Why, when, and how
Category: Op-ed New mortgage rules protect American dream
Category: Press release CFPB and DOJ Take Action Against National City Bank for Discriminatory Mortgage Pricing
Category: Blog Ally to repay $80 million to consumers it discriminated against
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Director Richard Cordray on the Ally Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB and DOJ Order Ally to Pay $80 Million to Consumers Harmed by Discriminatory Auto Loan Pricing
Category: Press release Federal Financial Regulators Extend Comment Period for Proposed Policy Statement on Assessing Diversity Policies and Practices of Regulated Entities
Category: Office of Research Publication Understanding the effects of certain deposit regulations on financial institutions’ operations
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks At The Clearing House Annual Conference
Category: Press release The CFPB Finds Financial Education Programs are Significantly Outspent by Financial Marketing
Category: Report Empowering low income and economically vulnerable consumers
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the CFPB Auto Finance Forum
Category: Blog Preventing illegal discrimination in auto lending
Category: Blog Developing standards for assessing diversity policies
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the American Bankers Association Annual Convention
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the American Banker Regulatory Symposium
Category: Press release CFPB Bulletin Warns Employers Against Exclusive Use of Payroll Cards
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks at the National Baptist Convention
Category: Press release CFPB Puts Companies on Notice About Duty to Investigate Consumer Credit Report Disputes
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Summer 2013
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray at the NAFCU Annual Conference
Category: Report A Snapshot of Complaints Received
Category: Press release The CFPB Issues Procedural Rule on Supervising Nonbanks that Pose Risks to Consumers
Category: Speech Director Cordray Remarks to the Exchequer Club
Category: Report The CFPB study of overdraft programs
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Director Richard Cordray on Overdraft Report Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Report Raises Concerns About Impact of Overdraft Practices on Consumers
Category: Press release CFPB Releases Exam Procedures for New Mortgage Rules
Category: Press release The CFPB Establishes Framework to Better Coordinate with State Regulators
Category: Speech Director Richard Cordray Remarks at the Consumer Advisory Board Meeting in Los Angeles
Category: Testimony Corey Stone at the Senate Commerce Subcommittee of Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray at the Investing in Our Future Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Revises Rule Protecting Consumers Sending Money Internationally
Category: Blog Good credit – I want that!
Category: Press release The CFPB Amends Card Act Rule to Make it Easier for Stay-at-Home Spouses and Partners to Get Credit Cards
Category: Press release CFPB Statement on Deposit Advance Product Announcements by Banking Regulators
Category: Report White paper on payday loans and deposit advance products
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of Steve Antonakes at the American Bankers Association