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Category: Press release CFPB and States Take Action Against Freedom Stores for Illegal Debt Collection Practices Against Servicemembers
Category: Blog Freedom Stores to provide over $2.5 million in refunds and penalties
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Texas Company for Sham Credit Card
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Sprint Enforcement Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Sprint for Cramming Consumers with Unauthorized Third-Party Charges
Category: Consumer advisories Consumer advisory: Student loan debt relief companies may cost you thousands of dollars and drive you further into debt
Category: Blog Seven ways to keep medical debt in check
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action to End Student “Debt Relief” Scams
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 Takes Action Against Debt-Settlement Firm
Category: Press release CFPB Takes First Action Against ‘Buy-Here, Pay-Here’ Auto Dealer
Category: Blog Veterans: Take advantage of student loan forgiveness, but don’t let it damage your credit
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Franklin Loan Corporation for Steering Consumers into Costlier Mortgages
Category: Report A snapshot of debt collection complaints submitted by older consumers
Category: Press release FFIEC Releases Cybersecurity Assessment Observations, Recommends Participation in Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center
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 Rule to Promote More Effective Privacy Disclosures
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: 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 Takes Action Against Mortgage Kickback Agreements
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Flagstar Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Flagstar Bank for Violating New Mortgage Servicing Rules
Category: Press release CFPB Orders U.S. Bank to Pay $48 Million Refund to Consumers Illegally Billed for Services Not Received
Category: Blog We can help you fight improper actions by debt collectors: Venida’s story
Category: Blog Updated mortgage data available
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Hydra Group Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Sues Online Payday Lender for Cash-Grab Scam
Category: Blog El administrador de negociación del National City Bank pronto se pondrá en contacto con los prestatarios elegibles
Category: Blog Special notice for Corinthian students
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Corinthian Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Sues For-Profit Corinthian Colleges for Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Global Client Solutions for Processing Illegal Debt-Settlement Fees
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the First Investors Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Auto Finance Company for Distorting Borrower Credit Reports
Category: Press release CFPB Shuts Down USA Discounters’ Servicemember Fee Scam
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Amerisave To Pay $19.3 Million For Bait-And-Switch Mortgage Scheme
Category: Blog Closing the book on Colfax
Category: Press release CFPB and 13 State Attorneys General Obtain About $92 Million in Debt Relief for Servicemembers Harmed by Predatory Lending Scheme
Category: Press release CFPB, FTC and States Announce Sweep Against Foreclosure Relief Scammers
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Deputy Director Steve Antonakes on the MARS Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Report Consumer Response: A snapshot of complaints received
Category: Press release CFPB Files Suit Against Debt Collection Lawsuit Mill
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against ACE Cash Express for Pushing Payday Borrowers Into Cycle of Debt
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the ACE Cash Express Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Blog Claim forms for the Ocwen settlement available now
Category: Office of Research Publication Report on the use of remittance histories in credit scoring
Category: Blog We participated in the National Day of Civic Hacking (again)
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: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services
Category: Press release CFPB, Federal Partners, and State Attorneys General File Order Requiring SunTrust to Provide $540 Million in Relief to Homeowners for Servicing Wrongs
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Illegal Mortgage Referrals
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against RealtySouth for Mortgage Disclosure Violations
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Spring 2014
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: Speech Statement by CFPB’s Holly Petraeus on DOJ, FDIC Enforcement Actions Against Sallie Mae
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Category: Press release CFPB Proposes Rule to Promote More Effective Privacy Disclosures
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: Report Fair Lending Report 2013
Category: Blog Our work on fair lending
Category: Blog Explainer: Federal student loan interest rates to jump
Category: Blog Explainer: Compensating consumers for Bank of America’s illegal tactics for credit card add-on products
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Bank of America Enforcement Action Press Call
Category: Press release CFPB Orders Bank Of America To Pay $727 Million In Consumer Relief For Illegal Credit Card Practices
Category: Testimony Meredith Fuchs Before the House Committee on Financial Services
Category: Report 2013 Consumer Response annual report
Category: Office of Research Publication CFPB data point: Payday lending
Category: Report Fair Debt Collection Practices Act annual report
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: Blog We’re protecting students from predatory lending
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the National Association of Attorneys General
Category: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray at the ITT Enforcement Action Press Conference
Category: Press release CFPB Sues For-Profit College Chain ITT For Predatory Lending
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Lender for Illegal Payments
Category: Blog We’ve heard more than 300,000 complaints. Should we hear from you?
Category: Blog Save the date: Join us for a Consumer Advisory Board meeting in Washington, D.C.
Category: Blog New tools to explore mortgage data
Category: Blog What’s the deal with health care credit cards? Four things you should know
Category: Report Supervisory Highlights: Winter 2013
Category: Blog New feedback system for GI Bill and Tuition Assistance recipients
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against PHH Corporation for Mortgage Insurance Kickbacks
Category: Press release CFPB Issues Consumer Advisory on Industry’s Data Breach
Category: Testimony Written Testimony of CFPB Director Richard Cordray Before the House Committee on Financial Services
Category: Press release CFPB Takes Action Against Mortgage Kickbacks
Category: Press release CFPB and DOJ Take Action Against National City Bank for Discriminatory Mortgage Pricing
Category: Press release CFPB Orders American Express to Pay $59.5 Million for Illegal Credit Card Practices
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: Speech Prepared Remarks of CFPB Director Richard Cordray on the Ocwen Enforcement Action Press Call